<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala yesterday reported 49 thousand 771 Covid-19 cases and 34 thousand 439 recoveries as intense transmission of Omicron variant-driven third wave of the pandemic continues unabated in the State. Four hundred 57 health workers were among those infected in the last 24 hours. Test Positivity Rate slightly dipped to  48.06%.<br />'' <br />''Besides 63 new Covid deaths, health department also recorded  77 deaths that are accounted for as Covid-19 deaths based on revised norms. The State's active cases have risen to three lakh 556.</span>