<span style="color: #222222;">The government today said that around 14 to 29 lakh cases and 37 to 75 thousand deaths have been prevented due to countrywide lockdown imposed in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. This was stated by the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.<br />''<br />''He said, the four months period was utilized to create additional health infrastructure and enhance human resource and produce within India critical elements like PPEs, N95 masks and ventilators. He clarified that ICMR has not released any report which estimated that the lockdown would only help reduce the spread of Covid-19 by 20-25 per cent.</span><br />