India reported 2,81,386 new Covid-19 cases and 3,78,741 discharges in the last 24 hours. With 4,106 new deaths in the last 24 hours, the total toll climbed to 2,74,390. The country now has a total of 2,49,65,463 active cases. A total of 18,29,26,460 vaccine doses have been inoculated. 31,64,23,658 samples have been tested for Covid-19 up to May 16, 2021. Of these, 15,73,515 samples were tested yesterday.