After more than four months of an export ban, the government has now allowed export of made in India ventilators. The declining rate of COVID-19 case fatalities and expanding ventilator manufacturing capacity in India has been quoted as the reason. The ministry of health in a statement said India is continuing to maintain a progressively declining low rate of case fatality of COVID-19 patients, which currently stands at 2.15 percent. This means that fewer numbers of active cases are on ventilators. As of 31st July 2020, only 0.22 percent of the active cases were on ventilators across the country.

After more than four months of an export ban, the government has now allowed export of made in India ventilators. The declining rate of COVID-19 case fatalities and expanding ventilator manufacturing capacity in India has been quoted as the reason. The ministry of health in a statement said India is continuing to maintain a progressively declining low rate of case fatality of COVID-19 patients, which currently stands at 2.15 percent. This means that fewer numbers of active cases are on ventilators. As of 31st July 2020, only 0.22 percent of the active cases were on ventilators across the country.