The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 16 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.
The Ministry of Health and Population said in 2978 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 16 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Of the new 16 infections, there are 16 in Kathmandu.
With 41 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Monday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 978,196.