In Karnataka, the number of COVID-19 recovered patients  crossed the three lakh mark yesterday when 8,015 recovered people were discharged from various hospitals in the state. The total number of recovered patients has gone up to 3,00,770.<br />''<br />''On the contrary, there was a drastic reduction in the per day positive cases  with 5,773 new cases confirmed yesterday in the state. The total number of COVID patients have increased to 4,04,324.  At the same time, 141 patients lost their lives as the total fatalities increased to 6,534.  <br />''<br />''As on date, 97,001 patients are under treatment among them 794 are in ICU.  So far 33,93,676 tests have been conducted in the state, including 45,421 tests carried out yesterday. The state recovery rate has further increased to 74.39 per cent and the mortality rate dipped to 1.61 per cent.  <br />''<br />''Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar has instructed the officials to conduct a clinical study about the Corona virus reinfection cases. The Minister conducted a meeting with Task Force officials in this regard  in Bengaluru yesterday.<br />''<br />''Speaking about a 27 -year old woman who developed infection a second time at a hospital, the Minister said that several other countries have reported cases of reinfection and each country has come up with a different reason for reinfection.<br />''<br />''Expressing concern about the reinfection in Bengaluru, the Minister said that the incident should be dealt with carefully and efforts must be made to drive away the fear from the people. <br />