<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala reports highest single day surge in Covid cases today as it confirms 32,819 new cases.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the presence of double mutant virus is causing the rapid increase in covid cases in the State.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">As the covid situation continue to worsen, oxygen stock is being enhanced in the State along with other covid treatment facilities.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Over 1.41 lakh samples were tested in the last 24 hours.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The test positivity rate is at alarming 23.24 %. Ernakulam and Kozhikode are the worst hit districts.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Over 18000 recoveries were also reported today.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">32 more death was confirmed due to Covid, taking the death toll to 5170 .</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Presently over 2,47,000 active Covid cases are there in Kerala.</span><br />