<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala continue to report spike in Covid cases as it confirms 13,835 cases today.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''AIR correspondent reports, over 81000 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The test positivity rate rose to an alarming 17.04.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mass testing drive is going on in the State in the last two days as part of the State's Covid containment strategy " Crushing the curve".</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">State Health Minister K.K.Shailaja said that even if the number of Covid patients increases as part of mass testing, the State is fully prepared to face the situation.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">She further said that presently there is no shortage of oxygen and medical facilities in Kerala and that the State had requested Centre, for additional 50 lakh covid vaccine doses on priority.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile 27 more death was confirmed due to Covid today, taking the death toll to 4904.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">There are presently 80,019 active Covid cases in Kerala.</span><br />''  <br />