The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 88 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in 1707 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 88 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Of the new 88 infections, Kathmandu district records 72 cases, 13 in Lalitpur and 3 in Bhaktapur.

With 104 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Sunday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 979,317.