Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala reported 8,553 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the infection count to 2,28,886 while the toll climbed to 836 with 23 more deaths.Samples of as many as 4,851 people have turned negative, the highest single day recoveries while the active cases touched 84,497.As many as 1,44,471 have recovered so far from the infection.In the last 24 hours, 58,727 samples have been tested, Health Minister K K Shailaja said in a release.Two districts accounted for over 1,000 cases-- Kozhikode (1,164) and Thiruvananthapuram (1,119)-- while Ernakulam added 952 infections.As many as 23 deaths were confirmed due to coronavirus, taking the death toll to 836.Of the positive cases today, 30 had come from abroad, 181 from other states.