India recorded 2,81,386 COVID-19 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24
hours. The nation’s tally of COVID-19 cases now stands at 2,49,65,463. On Sunday,4,106 people died from COVID-19 across India, the death toll from coronavirus
infection in the country has now jumped to 2,74,390.

There are currently 35,16,997 active cases of COVID-19 in India. A
total of 378,741 people recovered from the coronavirus infection on Sunday. The
tally of recovered COVID-19 cases in India now stands at 2,11,74,076.

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The Indian Council of Medical Research on Monday said that 15,73,515 samples for COVID-19 were tested across the nation in the past 24 hours. As of
May 16, up to 31,64,23,658 samples for COVID-19 have been tested across India, the ICMR
said.

India kicked off its mass vaccination programme against
COVID-19 on January 16, starting with healthcare and frontline workers, and as
of May 16, 182,926,460 people have received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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On Friday, India administered its first foreign-made vaccine dose of Russia’s Sputnik V. The first batch of Sputnik V reportedly contains about 150,000 doses, each jab in it costing Rs 948 alongside 5% of GST.