<span style="color: #222222;">The Covid-19 caseloads  rose further in Kerala with 6986 new cases today.<br />'' <br />'' </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">65,003 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and test positivity rate is 10.75%.<br />''<br />'' The present active Covid cases in Kerala is  44,389.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">2358 recoveries and 16 deaths were also confirmed  today, taking the death toll to 4783.<br />''<br />'' Calicut and Ernakulam districts reported the highest number of new cases today.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">11.17 lakh people have recovered in the state and 1.70 lakh people are currently under observation.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Nine new hotspots were identified  today and there are 391 hotspots in the state.</span><br />