The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 125 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in 2027 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 164 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Of the new 164 infections, Kathmandu district records 137 cases, 23 in Lalitpur and 4 Bhaktapur.

With 132 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Thursday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 980,981