<span style="color: #222222;">In Kerala, 5,032 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed today while 4,735 affected people have recovered from the disease. A total of 60,521 samples were tested during the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate is 8.31 per cent. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Presently, the total number of active cases of COVID is 59,732. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, 31 recent deaths were confirmed as caused by COVID and the related death toll in the State is now 2,472.</span>