'5 lakh PPE kits made daily in India, by 110 PPE manufacturers': Dr Harsh Vardhan

Addressing COVID-19 situation in India, Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, on September 26 said that over 5 lakh Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits per day are being produced in country. re are w 110 PPE manufacturers in India, he added. While speaking at 79th Foundation Day of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Harsh Vardhan also informed that more than 7 crore COVID-19 tests have been conducted so far and recovery rate is also improving. He also credited India's massive COVID-19 dedicated health structure has helped India to keep its death rate in check. 

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Dr Harsh Vardhan: 'COVID-19 recovery rate is improving'

While speaking about COVID-19 in India, Vardhan said that initially, recovery rate in country stood at 9-12 per cent, but today recovery rate has increased to 82 per cent. " fatality rate is around 1.6 per cent", he added. He said that India has started with one lab when pandemic hit country, but w re are over 1823 labs. As per latest updates by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), so far over 7,12,57,836 samples have been tested for COVID-19. 9,87,861 samples were tested on September 26. 

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COVID-19 outbreak in India 

With Coronavirus cases surging globally, India has breached  59-lakh mark. As per latest updates from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), total number of positive COVID-19 cases in India are 59,92,532, out of which 49,41,627 have successfully recovered while 94,503 people have died. Currently, total number of active cases in country are 9,56,402. In past 24 hours, 88,600 new cases and 1,124 new deaths have been recorded. Due to increasing number of COVID-19 cases, Unlock 4 has been extended up to September 30.  

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(With ANI inputs)