<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala's daily caseload of COVID-19 transmission crossed 50,000 for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday. The State has reported 51,570 fresh cases and 32,701 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The infected included 439 health workers. Test Positivity Rate surged to a record 49.89 per cent.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Ernakulam district continues to be worst affected with 9,704 fresh cases.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Besides 101 COVID fatalities, health authorities also registered 374 deaths that are certified as COVID-19 deaths based on Supreme Court directions. The State's active cases have risen to three lakh 54 thousand 595.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Meanwhile, 24-hour lockdown-like restrictions are in force in Kerala from midnight last night to contain transmission of third wave of COVID-19, for the second weekend now.</span><br />''  <br />