The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 8 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.
The Ministry of Health and Population said in 3940 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 7 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Of the new 8 infections, Kathmandu recorded 8.
With 25 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Wednesday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 978,402.