<span style="color: #222222;">Karnataka saw a drastic increase in COVID 19 positive cases from 12 on Thursday to 48 in the evening today. Most of the cases are however restricted to the clusters considered hotspots earlier.<br />'' <br />'' Till date 376 persons are discharged after recovery. The state Government issued an order today directing the Specialists in the COVID 19 dedicated hospitals to personally attend to the patients.<br />'' <br />'' This order says that teaching faculties, senior specialists and Specialists should attend to the patients on rotation basis along with the postgraduates and residents. The Medical Superintendents in these institutions are made nodal persons to ensure that this order is implemented.<br />'' <br />''<br />''In another development Central Government has allocated over two lakh tonnes of food grains to be distributed free of cost to over four crore beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna yojana.</span>