The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 36 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in 1381 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 36 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Of the new 36 infections, Kathmandu district records 27 cases, 6 in Lalitpur and 3 in Bhaktapur.

With 92 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 997,752