<span style="color: #000000;">Kerala continued to report a hike in it's COVID positivity rates as 22,182 COVID cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours. The Test Positivity Rate is as high as 18.25 per cent. A total of 1,21,486 samples were tested. In all, 178 deaths were confirmed taking the death toll to 23,165. Total 26,563 recoveries were also reported. The active caseload in the state is now 1,86,190.</span><br />