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Kathmandu Valley's COVID-19 tally records highest single-day increase with 172 new cases



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By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Aug. 16: The Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed 172 new cases of COVID-19 in Kathmandu Valley today. This is the highest single-day tally recorded by the Valley.

In 12,247 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 172 persons were found with the virus infection in the Valley itself, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the regular press briefing today.

Of the 172 new cases of virus infection, 126 were detected in Kathmandu, 38 in Lalitpur, and eight were detected in Bhaktapur.

Moreover, 641 new cases of COVID-19 were detected across the nation in the last 24 hours, taking the national tally to 26,660 including 17,335 cases of recovery and 104 death cases.