KATHMANDU: A test conducted at Seti Provincial Hospital has confirmed coronavirus infection in 39 people.

The hospital said in a statement that coronavirus infection has been confirmed in 39 people from Achham, Baitadi, Bajhang, Doti, Kailali and Kanchanpur. Of them, nine are women and 30 are men.

The newly infected people are two men from Achham, one 8-month-old girl and three men from Baitadi, one man from Bajhang, one woman and 11 men from Doti, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl, two women and 11 men from Kailali and a 2-year-old boy and three men from Kanchanpur.