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Bangkok (People's Daily) - Nepal on Tuesday confirmed 380 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus, bringing the total to 6,591 since the virus first arrived in the country in January.

A total of 5,414 patients remain hospitalized, 1,158 have recovered and returned home, and 19 have died from complications related to the disease, according to Nepal's Ministry of Public Health.

There are still more than 133,000 people in Nepal in quarantine.

Nepal has implemented a national blockade policy since March 24 to prevent the spread of the epidemic.