Kathmandu, Sep 30 (IANS): Of the 1,559 new cases of Covid-19 recorded across Nepal on Wednesday, 902 cases were detected in the capital alone, health officials said.

This accounts for 57.86 percent of the total cases detected across the country.

According to the latest data released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), a total of 697 people in Kathmandu, 93 in Bhaktapur and 112 in Lalitpur were diagnosed with the Covid-19. With this, the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in the Valley has reached 23,960.

The MoHP also recorded three cases of fatality linked with Covid-19 in Kathmandu Valley on Wednesday. A 54-year-old man, a 34-year-old and a 86-year-old woman from Kathmandu district succumbed to Covid-19.

A total of 140 people have died of Covid in Kathmandu Valley as of Wednesday afternoon, a report said.

The three districts in Kathmandu Valley -- Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur -- are among the districts with the highest numbers of Covid cases in Nepal in recent weeks.