Aizawl: Chief Minister of Mizoram, Sister Elder Zoramthanga Lalvuani died of Covid-19 in a hospital on Monday.
Lalvuani, 88, died while undergoing treatment at Zoram Medical College (ZMC) near Aizawl.
“That was with deep sadness so I announced the death of my beloved sister Lalvuani (88 years) this morning at 11:30 a.m.,” said Minister of Chief Tweet.
Lalvuani, the third oldest child of seven siblings, is in bed for months because of asthma and related complications, the family source said.
He was diagnosed with Covid-19 on September 22 and shifted to ZMC, they said.
Mizoram on Monday reported 527 new cases of Covid-19, encourage the state counting to 88,693, said a government bulletin.
The death toll rose to 295 because three more people gave up on infection, he said.
The level of participant is 31.77 percent because new cases are detected after testing 1,659 sample tests, he added.
Aizawl reported the highest number of cases in 550, followed by Lawngtlai (20) and Champhai (16).
At least 131 children are among the newly infected people, Bulletin said.
Mizoram now has 15,485 active cases, while 72,913 patients have recovered.