The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 123 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in 6433 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 156 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Of the new 123 infections, 92 in Kathmandu, 13 Bhaktapur, and 18 in Lalitpur.

With 209 new cases of the novel coronavirus confirmed on Wednesday Nepal’s COVID-19 tally has spiked 827972.