Kerala recorded 1,175 new positive cases and 73 COVID-19-related deaths on Friday taking the caseload in the state to 65,19,125 and the death toll to 66,762. Of the deaths, two were reported in the last 24 hours, seven were those which occurred in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 64 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, state government said.