<span style="color: #222222;">Karnataka Health and Medical Education minister Dr. K Sudhakar has informed that 250 Primary Health Centers in the state will be upgraded into Health and Wellness Centers in the first phase. He was speaking to media persons in Chickballapur on Wednesday after laying a foundation stone for the construction of a model Primary Health Center. The model Center will be built at the cost of nine crore rupees on a plot measuring 25 thousand square feet. <br />''<br />''Speaking about the Covid pandemic trend in the state, the minister said that the Covid caseload is showing a declining trend in Bengaluru which has the highest number of daily fresh cases. In other districts there is gradual decline. Saying that only one to two percent of Covid positive patients are getting admitted to the hospital, the minister said that there is no pressure on the hospitals right now. Compared to the last two Covid waves, the third wave is faster but not virulent. The case fatality rate right now is around 0.04 percent. At the same time the recovery rate is also high. Hence the minister noted that there is no need to take stringent measures. According to the health bulletin issued today the state reported 48,905 fresh Covid cases and 39 deaths. At the same time 41,699 persons recovered from the infection and were discharged. The positivity rate stood at 22.51 percent. Today 2,17,230 Covid tests were done.</span><br />