The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 102 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in 2064 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 102 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Of the new 102 infections, Kathmandu district records 80 cases,20 in Lalitpur and 2 in Bhaktapur.

With 164 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Sunday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 996,834