The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 397 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in 2958 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 397 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Of the new 397 infections, Kathmandu district records 304 cases, 72 in Lalitpur and 21 in Bhaktapur.

With 560 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Tuesday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 991,185