The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Monday confirmed 298 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.
In 11,129 Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 , as many as 298 persons were found to be infected with the virus in the Valley itself, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.
Of the new cases, 190 were detected in Kathmandu, 41 were detected in Bhaktapur and 67 were detected in Lalitpur.
Below are the numbers of new cases of Covid-19 in Kathmandu Valley in the past week:
24th August, 2020 (Monday): 224 new cases.
25th August, 2020 (Tuesday): 232 new cases.
26th August, 2020 (Wednesday): 301 new cases
27th August, 2020 (Thursday): 377 new cases
28th August, 2020 (Friday): 415 new cases
29th August, 2020 (Saturday): 186 new cases
30th August, 2020 (Sunday): 429 new cases.
Moreover, some 899 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed across the nation on Monday, taking the national tally to 39,460 including 21,410 cases of recovery.
