The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 280 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in 2474 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 280 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Of the new 280 infections, Kathmandu district records 212 cases, 54 in Lalitpur and 14 in Bhaktapur.

With 391 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Friday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 985,808