India recorded 276,070 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The nation’s tally of COVID-19 cases now stands at 2,57,72,400. On Wednesday, 3874 people died from COVID-19 across India, the death toll from coronavirus infection in the country has now jumped to 287,122.

There are currently 31,29,878 active cases of COVID-19 in India. A total of 

369,077 people recovered from the coronavirus infection on Wednesday. The tally of recovered COVID-19 cases in India now stands at 2,23,55,440.

Also read: ICMR approves home testing for COVID-19 using Rapid Antigen Tests

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Thursday said that 20,55,010 samples for COVID-19 were tested across the nation in the past 24 hours. As of May 19, up to 32,23,56,187 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 20, 18,70,09,792 people have received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Also read: CSK coach says bio-bubbles were exposed in Delhi during IPL 2021

On May 14, 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.