Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala confirms 6,674 new COVID positive cases on Friday. A total of 65,147 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. At present the test positivity rate is 10.24 percent. In all, 59 deaths were also confirmed due to COVID yesterday, taking the total 
death toll to  35,511 . 
Bringing respite, 7,022 recoveries were also reported yesterday. At present, 68,805 is the active caseload in the state. Also, 412 deaths were added to the list of covid deaths.