KATHMANDU: Coronavirus infection has been confirmed in five more people in Karnali Province in the last 24 hours.

The newly-infected people are one from Salyan, one from Jumla and three from Dailekh, Ministry of Social Development Karnali Province said in a statement on Friday afternoon.

Tests at the Province Hospital Surkhet, Karnali Institute of Health Sciences, Jumla and Dailekh Hospital confirmed the new cases.

With the new cases, total cases in the province have reached 2,057 and among them, 1,908 have recovered so far.