SYANGJA: Five coronavirus cases have been confirmed for the first time in the district headquarters Kushma of Parbat district.

Five men including 19, 20, 21 and 40 years old who were staying in quarantine tested positive for the coronavirus, said Gandaki Pradesh government.

Similarly, five new coronavirus cases were reported in Syangja district. The newly infected are males aged 22, 26, 32, and 40. They had been staying in quarantine of Chapakot municipality.

With this, the number of coronavirus cases has reached 12 in Syangja and 37 in Gandaki Pradesh.