The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 16 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in 4790 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 16 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Of the new 15 infections, there are 15 in Kathmandu and 1 in Lalitpur.

With 41 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Wednesday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 978,085.