The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 26 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.
The Ministry of Health and Population said in 3539 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 26 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Of the new 26 infections, there are 25 in Kathmandu and1 in Lalitpur.
With 50 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Monday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 977,982.