KANCHANPUR: Coronavirus infection has been confirmed in 26 more people in Kanchanpur in the last 24 hours.

A PCR test conducted at the laboratory of Seti Provincial Hospital in Dhangadhi confirmed the infection, said Dilip Kumar Shrestha, Information Officer of the hospital.

He said that five people including two women and three men from Belauri Municipality, eight men from Beldandi Municipality and three women and 10 men from Shuklaphanta Municipality were found to have contracted coronavirus.