Kathmandu, Sept. 8: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Tuesday confirmed 396 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.
In Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 396 persons, 148 females and 248 males were found with the virus infection in the valley itself, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.
Of the new cases, 300 cases, 101 females and 199 males, were detected in Kathmandu, 58 cases, 26 females and 32 males, were detected in Bhaktapur and 38 cases, 21 females and 38 males, were detected in Lalitpur.
Moreover, some 902 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded across the nation, taking the national tally to 48,138 including 32,964 cases of recovery and 306 death cases.
–The Rising Nepal
