Kathmandu, Oct. 6: The Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday confirmed 1,017 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

In 11,047 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,017 persons, 350 females and 667 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

Of the 1,017 new cases, 783 cases including 258 females and 525 males were detected in Kathmandu, 116 cases including 43 females and 73 males were found in Bhaktapur and 118 cases including 49 females and 69 males were recorded in Lalitpur.

Moreover, some 1,551 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed across the nation on Tuesday, taking the national tally to 90,814 including 67,542 cases of recovery and 563 death cases.