The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 440 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

In 7267 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 294 persons were found infected with coronavirus, informed the Ministry of Health and Population through its regular update.

Of 294 cases, Kathmandu districts records 207 cases, Lalitpur 54 and 34 in Bhaktapur.

The Ministry of Health and Population confirms 667 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. With this the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 800282.