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Nepal reported 542 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 2, 082 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 224 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 848 people underwent antigen tests, of which 318 were tested positive. The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 421 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 5, 265 active cases in the country.

As many as 25 students were injured when a boat capsized in Rapti river of Dang Thursday. According to District Police Office Chief Suresh Kafle, among the injured, three are being treated at Lamahi. The overloaded boat carrying students of Sikta Secondary School at Rajpur was en route to Rajpur-7 from Lamahi Municipality-9 when the incident occurred at around 9 am today. According to the police, the boat was carrying three to four times more people than its capacity. Those under treatment are Manish BK (grade six) (13) of Taruliya, Lamahi-9, Rima Ramjali (12) of the same grade and Sandip BK (grade nine) (16).  Condition of the remaining students is said to be normal.

At least 16 persons have been tested positive for Covid-19 in the district prison in Baitadi. Prison chief Radha Bhandari said that four were tested positive on Wednesday and 12 on Thursday. Bhandari said that those who have tested positive for Covi-19 have been kept in isolation. She said that they have been barred from meeting anyone from today. Despite its capacity to accommodate only 25 prisoners, 93 inmates are kept in the prison, Bhandari said. The prison was built in 1983 to house 25 inmates. The virus has spread at the community level in Baitadi. Yogesh Prasad Bhatta, Chief at the District Health Office, Baitadi, said that the Covid-19 was detected in the people coming from India a few days ago.  

The weather will be partly to generally cloudy across the country today with chances of light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning is likely to occur at some places of Lumbini and Karnali Provinces and at a few places of the remaining provinces. Issuing a 24-hour bulletin, the Department requested the people to adopt precautions as heavy rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning has been predicted at one or two places of Gandaki Province which is likely to cause soil erosion, landslide, and increase in water level in rivulets and rivers and will also affect the daily life and transport services. The weather across the country will remain partly to generally cloudy tonight with the possibility of light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning at a few places of Province 1, Madhes and Sudurpaschim Provinces and at one or two places of the remaining provinces. Weather on Friday Similarly, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces will witness generally cloudy weather while the sky in other provinces will remain partly cloudy on Friday. Light to moderate rainfall is likely to take place at some places of Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces and in a few places of the remaining provinces on Friday. According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division, there is a possibility of heavy rain with thunderstorms and lightning at one or two places in Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces. As per the latest details of the Division, today's minimum temperature of the Kathmandu Valley is recorded at 21.6 degree Celsius and maximum temperature at 30.2 degree Celsius.