<span style="color: #222222;">In Kerala, the third wave of Covid-19 shows a downward trend with the daily caseload dropping considerably.  Single-day cases have dipped as fast as these scaled the highest peak of 55 thousand 475 on the 25th of last month.<br />''<br />''The State yesterday recorded 43 thousand 286 recoveries while fresh cases dipped to 18 thousand 420.  Test Positivity Rate also dropped to 22.3%.<br />''<br />''The State's active cases now stand at two lakh 32 thousand 980. An official release said, hospitalisation and ICU occupancy have also receded recently. </span><br />