<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala continues to witness a dip in covid figures as it confirmed 5,404  new COVID positive cases today. A total of 52,862  samples were tested in the last 24 hours. The test positivity rate is  10.22 percent at present. In all, 80 Covid deaths were also confirmed today, taking the total death toll to 33,978. Bringing respite, 6,136 recoveries were also reported. 71,316 is the active caseload in the state as of now. </span><br />