Seventeen new cases of COVID-19 found today, tally hits 444

Kathmandu, May 21 . Seventeen more COVID-19 infection cases have been found today, taking the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus to 444 in the country, the Ministry of Health and Population said.

Ministry’s assistant spokesperson Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari said the new cases were confirmed after tests for coronavirus conducted at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan and the Province Public Health Laboratory Biratnagar showed positive results.