The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 27 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.
The Ministry of Health and Population said in 4734 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 15 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Of the new 15 infections, there are 13 in Kathmandu and 2 in Lalitpur.
With 57 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Tuesday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 978,044.