<span style="color: black;">Former Chief Minister of Karnataka and Leader of the Opposition in Assembly Siddaramaiah tested positive with Covid-19. He has been admitted to Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru, where Chief Minister Yediyurappa is also currently on treatment for COVID19.<br />'' <br />''The 71-year-old Congress leader has tweeted that he has been tested positive for Covid19 and admitted to the hospital on the advice of doctors as a precaution. The hospital has confirmed that Siddaramaiah is admitted after the antigen test for COVID-19 turned positive and his condition is stable.<br />'' <br />''AIR correspondent reports that since March 8 when the first case of corona virus was confirmed in the state, 62,500 have recovered and 2594 people have succumbed to the infection. Bengaluru tops the list in terms of caseloads. At 115 deaths per million population, mortality rate in Bengaluru remains relatively low when compared to Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Delhi and Kolkota.<br />'' <br />''The government capacity to treat Covid patients in Bengaluru is increasing. The state run Victoria hospital has 550 beds, Rajiv Gandhi institute of Chest disease has 104, Bowring hospital has 165 beds and 35 ICU beds, the Broadway hospital is being developed into 200 bed Covid hospital.<br />'' <br />''Epidemic Disease hospital and C V Raman General hospitals too are being expanded to treat the Covid patients. The asymptomatic patients are being kept in Covid Care Centres separately. </span><br />