The new cases brought the country’s total number of infections since the pandemic broke out to 11,592,604.
The same day, 242 patients were given the all-clear from coronavirus, lifting the total number of recoveries to 10,632,576.
Meanwhile, the death toll was still kept at 43,201, accounting for 0.4% of the total infections, as no fatality was reported on May 15.
More than 266.33 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the country to date.