<span style="color: #222222;">The total number of COVID-19 positive cases have reached 425 in Karnataka which includes 17 deaths and 129 discharges. The member of the COVID 19 task force and senior journalist Vijay Grover spoke to AIR on the containment efforts and the results.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The Karnataka state government today issued an order to revise guidelines by allowing IT and IT enabled services with essential minimum staff only. It has also allowed Common Services Centres in Gram Panchayats, provision stores, MSMEs in rural areas, manufacturing sectors producing essential commodities , Banks and postal services. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The relaxation will come into effect from tomorrow midnight. However these relaxations will not be applicable in the containment zones. There are 359 containment zones in the state with 19 in Bengaluru alone.</span>