COVID-19 positive cases in Karnataka has gone up to 128, with four new cases reported today. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa held a high level meeting on the pandemic in Bengaluru today. <br />''<br />''In a media statement later, it is said that Chief Minister said that 15 lakh construction workers have received financial assistance of one thousand rupees each so far. He added that the State labour department will give them an additional Rs 1,000. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Chief Minister has called a meeting tomorrow of legislators hailing from Bengaluru to streamline food and essential commodities distribution in the city. Briefing the media persons through digital platform, Primary Education Minister Suresh Kumar said that 288 persons who had returned to the state after attending Nizamuddin muslim congregation are identified till now and out of the samples tested, 187 are negative and 13 are positive cases.</span><br />