KATHMANDU: Gandaki Province has witnessed 17 new positive cases of coronavirus on Monday afternoon.

In a statement, Gandaki Province Health Directorate stated that 11 cases have been confirmed in Lamjung, five in Baglung and one in Kaski in tests conducted at Tuberculosis Treatment Center, Pokhara and Pokhara Institute of Health Sciences.

The newly infected are two women and 15 men.

With the addition of 17 fresh cases, the number of coronavirus cases in Gandaki has reached 1,113.