Updated: May 29, 2021 16:32 IST In videoconference with MPs, MLAs, officials, he also stresses on need to reduce COVID-19 fatality rate Share Article AAA In videoconference with MPs, MLAs, officials, he also stresses on need to reduce COVID-19 fatality rate With Karnataka’s positivity cases for COVID-19 standing at 16.42% at present, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa told elected representatives, including MLAs and MPs, and officials to make a concerted effort to bring down the positivity rate below 10%. He also instructed them to bring down the death rate from the present 1.75%. The State recorded 22,823 COVID-19 positive cases and 401 deaths on Friday. On Saturday, the Chief Minister held an over two-hour-long video-conference with MLAs and MPs, and officials of Mysuru, Hassan, Belagavi, Kalaburagi and Vijayapura districts and discussed with them availability of facilities for treatment of COVID patients.