The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 17 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.
The Ministry of Health and Population said in 2230 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 17 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Of the new 17 infections, there are 12 in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur 2 and 5 in Lalitpur.
With 30 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 977,878.