Kathmandu, Aug 6 (PTI) Nepal on Thursday reported 381 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total count to 21,390.

Jageshwar Gautam, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), said that the new cases were detected during 6,359 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests conducted in various laboratories across the nation.

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Till date, 15,156 people who tested positive for the COVID-19 infection have recovered from the disease and returned home.

Nepal has reported 60 deaths due to COVID-19.

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