Kathmandu, Nepal, May 28, 2020: Total numbers of coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases have reached to 1,042 after 156 new cases identified on Thursday. 

According to the Ministry of Health and Population among the newly infected cases, 29 from Dhanusha district, 25 from Jhapa district, 20 from Rautahat district, 17 from Mahottari district, 14 from Saptari district, 13 from Surkhet district, eight from Dailekh district, seven from Sarlahi district, six from Siraha district, three each from Bardiya and Syangja districts, two each from Dolakha and Kailali districts, one each from Nawalpur, Solukhumbu, Bajhang, Darchula, Makawanpur and Banke districts and one from undisclosed location.