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 3349 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, Kathmandu reports 4 and Lalitpur recorded 1.

With 15 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Wednesday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 978,631