- The contract was signed with the U.S. Department of Defense on Wednesday.
- Beginning in October 2020, 3M will produce 26 million masks per month.
- Over the next 12 months, 3M says it will increase production of N95 face masks to at least 312 million per year.
- The Department of Health and Human Services estimated in March that U.S. healthcare workers would need 300 million N95 masks monthly to fight the coronavirus pandemic.