Coronavirus infection has been confirmed in 10 more people in Kapilvastu, taking the total national tally of people infected with the deadly virus to 120.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the newly infected people are from Kapilvastu’s Yashodhara-5 and Buddhabhumi-7. All of them are males aged between 18 and 34 years. The age of one infected, however, has yet to be ascertained.

Their swab samples were sent to the National Public Health Laboratory in Kathmandu for PCR test.

According to Samir Kumar Adhikari, Joint Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, as per the information received so far, their health condition is normal and they have been kept in isolation.