Nearly 390,000 fresh cases reported India reported 389,974 fresh coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to nearly 23 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 3,876 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 249,992. The active caseload is at 3.7 million, while the total recoveries have surged to 19 million. As many as 172 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 2.5 million were given on Monday. No clarity on when Sputnik V will be deployed India received the first consignment of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine 10 days ago, but the Russia-made vaccine is still going through the government's regulatory process while there is no clarity on when it might be deployed, a report in ThePrint said. This comes against the backdrop of a shortage of vaccines in many states that has hampered the expansion of the national Covid vaccination drive. Owing to vaccine delays, several states have only just begun to vaccinate their 18+ population even though the vaccination programme was opened up to all adults 10 days ago.