<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala continued to report spike in COVID cases as 39,955 new infection cases were confirmed today. The test positivity rate is at 28.61 per cent. More than One lakh 39 thousand samples were tested in the last 24 hours. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The State has reported its highest ever daily death count of 97, taking the death toll to 6,150 in the state. 33,733 recoveries were also confirmed today, which took the total active caseload of the State to 4,38,913. More than 10 lakh people are under observation in various districts. </span><br />''  <br />