Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan chaired the 19th meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers on COVID-19 in New Delhi on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Harsh Vardhan said, India has achieved the milestone of more than ten lakh recoveries which has taken the recovery rate to 64.54 per cent. This shows that the active cases under medical supervision are only 33.27 per cent or approximately one third of total positive cases. He said, India's Case Fatality Rate is also progressively reducing and currently stands at 2.18 per cent, one of the lowest globally.<br />'' <br />''On the severity of cases found in the country, Dr. Harsh Vardhan stated that, out of the total active cases, only 0.28 per cent patients are on ventilators, 1.61 per cent patients needed ICU support and 2.32 per cent are on Oxygen support. He said, through a network of one thousand 331 labs, India has conducted a record of over six lakh 42 thousand tests in the last 24 hours. This has taken the cumulative tests to more than one crore 88 lakh. <br />'' <br />''The GoM was also apprised of the ramping up of the domestic production capacities of various sectors for manufacturing PPEs, masks and ventilators. The GoM was briefed that overall recovery rate for India is 64.54 per cent with the highest recovery rate being recorded by Delhi at 89.08 per cent, followed by Haryana 79.82 per cent. Karnataka has the lowest recovery rate of 39.36 per cent.     <br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Shipping Minister Mansukh Lal Mandaviya, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai were also present during the meeting.</span><br />