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Three persons were electrocuted while fishing in various places of Jhapa district. According to the District Police Office, Jhapa, Kamal Barayeli (32) of Yangbarak Rural Municipality-6, Panchathar died of electrocution while fishing at a stream in Buddhashanti Rural Municipality-3. Critically injured in the incident, he was rushed to the local City Hospital. Later, he was referred to the B and C Hospital for further treatment where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. Similarly, Om Bahadur Thamsuhang (61) of Haldibari Rural Municipality-5 died on the spot after receiving electric shock while fishing at the Bhuteni River. Likewise, Santa Chaudhary (47) of Dhaijan, Mechinagar-11 was electrocuted while fishing at the Hadiya River in Mechinagar Municipality-5. The District Police Office, Jhapa said that he breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Amda Hospital in Dhulabari. Police said that they are looking into all the cases.

A man was found dead in Singhiya River in Biratnagar Municipality-8 on Saturday. DSP Deepak Shrestha of the District Police Office, Morang said that the identity of the deceased, who appeared to be in his mid-40s, is yet to be established. He said that the body has been sent to the Koshi Hospital for postmortem. Locals informed the police after they saw the body in the river. Police said that they are looking into the case.  

Nepal recorded 152 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Friday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1, 186 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 110 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 108 people underwent antigen tests, of which 42 tested positive. The Ministry said that 133 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. As of today, there are 2, 448 active cases in the country.