The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 20 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.
The Ministry of Health and Population said in 1575 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 20 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Of the new 20 infections, Kathmandu district records 15 cases and Lalitpur 5.
With 28 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Wednesday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 979,424