<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala reported 22,318 fresh cases of COVID today with test positivity further declining to 16.4 per cent. 26,270 recoveries were also recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the active case load to 2,37,819 in the state. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Death toll of the state rose to 8,257 with 194 deaths confirmed of COVID today. A total of 1,36,068 samples have been tested in the State within the last 24 hours.</span><br />''  <br />