The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 24 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in 2357 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 24 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Of the new 24 infections, Kathmandu district records 17 cases, Lalitpur 6 and Bhaktapur 1.

With 38 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Tuesday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 979,607.