It emerges that the Centre has given Maharashtra, where the pandemic is on the rise, the highest number of virus fighting tools, drugs and other material such as N95 masks, Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) kits and drugs, though the supply of ventilators isn't on the expected lines.

While replying to an RTI query filed by social activist Anil Galgali, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said that by July 10, 2020, it had given Maharashtra 21.84 lakh N-95 masks, 11.78 lakh PPE kits, 77.20 lakh hydroxychloroquine tablets and 1,805 ventilators. By the same time, the ministry's total supply across the country was 2.18 crore N95 masks, 1.21 crore PPE kits, 6.12 crore hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets and 9,150 ventilators.