The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 351 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in 2589 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 422 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Of the new 351 infections, Kathmandu district records 246 cases, 88 in Lalitpur and 17 in Bhaktapur.

With 494 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Thursday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 988821.