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Daily cases dip marginally to 323,000

India reported 323,144 fresh coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 17.6 million, according to central health ministry data. This is also the smallest one-day rise of more than 300,000 infections after the first on April 22. The country saw 2,771 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 197,894. The active caseload is at 2.8 million, while the total recoveries have surged to 14.5 million. As many as 145 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 3.3 million were