<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala confirmed 7,540  new COVID positive cases on Wednesday. A total of 76,380 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. At present the test positivity rate is 9.87 percent. 48 deaths were also confirmed due to COVID today, taking the total death toll to 34,621. 7,841 recoveries were also reported today. At present, 70,459 is the active caseload in the state. </span><br />