<span style="color: #222222;">In Karnataka 29,819 swab samples were tested yesterday and among them 5007 new positive cases were reported, taking the total positive cases to 85,870 in the state. <br />''<br />''So far, 11,10,497 swab samples were tested in the State. 110 people lost their life yesterday due to Covid virus. AIR correspondent reports that, Medical Education Minister Dr.Sudhakar has directed the officials to utilize final year students of Lab technician courses, Science students of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and volunteers  for Covid duties. <br />''<br />''The government is facing shortage of staff to achieve the testing targets. Hence the minister has suggested that the students could be deputed after proper training and care. The Minister has said that the target has been set to conduct 30,000 tests per day in Bengaluru alone, but due to shortage of staff the government is not able to achieve the target.  He has also directed officials to have a zonal wise dashboard to share war room data on household survey.</span><br />