KATHMANDU: Two patients undergoing treatment at HAMS Hospital in Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu have been confirmed to have coronavirus infection.

A 76-year-old man from Gulmi and a 60-year-old man from Pokhara have been confirmed to be infected.

One of them is in the ICU, the hospital said.

Nepal confirmed 278 new cases in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Population said on Friday afternoon.