Kathmandu, Sept. 23: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Wednesday confirmed 637 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.
In 9,449 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 637 persons, 241 females and 396 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.
Of the 637 new cases, 492 cases including 168 females and 324 males were detected in Kathmandu, 95 cases including 47 females and 48 males were found in Bhaktapur and 50 cases including 26 females and 24 males were recorded in Lalitpur.
Moreover, some 1,172 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed across the nation on Wednesday, taking the national tally to 67,804 including 49,954 cases of recovery and 436 death cases.
– The Rising Nepal
