The three districts in Kathmandu Valley registered highest - ever 1,684 new cases of corona virus infection

The valley logged highest ever single - day cases of coronavirus infection on October 2, when 1,638 cases were reported.

The latest data suggests that the surge of infections is steady and rising inside the valley.  Kathmandu alone witnessed 1,296 new infections today. Meanwhile, 95 new cases were detected in Bhaktapur and 293 in Lalitpur.  The number of active cases reported in the capital is over 12,000. Likewise, Bhaktapur has 1,100 positive infections and the number of same in Lalitpur is 1,700.

On the contrary, three districts — Solukhumbu, Mustang and Manang — have zero active infections.  The capital still leads as the district with the highest active cases.  Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Chitwan, Morang, Sunsari and Rupandehi  are the districts that have over 500 live infections.