Two more persons were tested positive for cholera in Kathmandu Valley.
With the confirmation of the two new cases, the number of people infected with the highly contagious fatal disease has reached 23.
According to Dr Chumanlal Das, Director at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, cholera has been confirmed in two more persons on Wednesday night.
Dr Das said that a 12-year-old boy of Manohara Municipality-2 and a 58-year-old man of Kathmandu-13 were tested positive for cholera.
He said that the boy is undergoing treatment at a local hospital in Kageshwori Manohara and the man is receiving treatment at the Teku Hospital.
Earlier on July 5, two persons were tested positive for cholera.
