The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 94 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in 1399 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 94 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Of the new 94 infections, Kathmandu district records 47 cases, 41 in Lalitpur and 6 in Bhaktapur.

With 162 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 992727.