The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 264 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in 3155 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 264 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Of the new 264 infections, Kathmandu district records 198 cases, 42 in Lalitpur and 24 in Bhaktapur.

With 427 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Monday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 993,459