Kathmandu, Oct. 11: The Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday confirmed 1,416 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

In 12,427 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,416 persons, 529 females and 1,416 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

Of the 1,416 new cases, 1,145 cases, 408 females and 737 males, were detected in Kathmandu, 110 cases, 50 females and  60 males, were found in Bhaktapur and  161 cases, 71 females and 90 males, were recorded in Lalitpur.

Moreover, some 2,071 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed across the nation on Sunday, taking the national tally to 107,755 including 75,804 cases of recoveries and 636 death cases.