NEW DELHI: India’s COVID-19 cases have reached 40,082,742 with 283,540 new infection cases in the last 24 hours.

Similarly, 692 have died in the past 24 hours taking the tally to 491,154, according to the latest figures collated by the Worldometers.

Currently, 2,231,816 people are undergoing treatment in various hospitals across the country while 37,359,772 have returned home following recovery.

Broken out in Wuhan City of China in December 2019, the coronavirus has killed 5,633,161 and infected 358,941,239 people so far globally.