KATHMANDU: Five new cases of the coronavirus infection have been detected in Kathmandu valley, confirmed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), on Saturday.

The cases were confirmed through RT-PCR tests conducted at the Teku-based National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL).

Among those infected are two males and two females in the age group 31 to 46 years from Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC).

Similarly, a 31-year-old female from Kamalbinayak in Bhaktapur was confirmed to have contracted the infection.