The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 5 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.
The Ministry of Health and Population said in 1993 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 5 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Of the new 5 infections, there are 4 in Kathmandu and one in Lalitpur.
With 8 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 978,127.