The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 294 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.
The Ministry of Health and Population said in 2290 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 294 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Of the new 294 infections, Kathmandu district records 212 cases, 63 in Lalitpur and 19 in Bhaktapur.
With 419 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Friday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 992568.