The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 22 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.
The Ministry of Health and Population said in 1718 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 22 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Of the new 22 infections, Kathmandu district records 15 cases, 6 in Lalitpur and 1 in Bhaktapur.
With 112 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 998654.