The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 211 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in1779 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 211 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Of the new 211 infections, Kathmandu district records 155 cases, 44 in Lalitpur and 12 in Bhaktapur.

With 292 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 986,100