<span style="color: #222222;">In Kerala, round-the-clock lockdown-like restrictions imposed from midnight last night to slow down rising Covid-19 cases have evoked positive response. Only essential services are allowed.  <br />''<br />'' Parcel and home delivery services will be available in hotels and restaurants till nine at night. Long-distance trains, buses and pre-booked tourist taxis are operating. Police have intensified checking of vehicular traffic across the State.  <br />''<br />''This is the second Sunday lockdown being imposed in the State during the third wave of the pandemic.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Kerala's daily caseload crossed 50 thousand for the fourth consecutive day yesterday. The State reported 50 thousand 812 fresh cases and  47 thousand 649 recoveries in the last 24 hours.  <br />''<br />''Test positivity rate surged to  45.78%. The State's cumulative caseload has risen to three lakh  36 thousand 202.</span><br />