Aizawl: Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga's elder sister Lalvuni (88) died on Monday at Joram Medical College in Aizawl. CM Joramthang has announced the news of his demise on Twitter. She had been ailing for some time due to asthma and old age complications. Meanwhile, he was found suffering from Covid 19 infection.

"It is with great sadness that I inform that my dear elder sister Lalvuni (88 years) passed away today at 11:30 am," the Chief Minister tweeted. According to family sources, Lalvuni, the third of the seven siblings, was ill. Sources said that he was diagnosed with Covid-19 on September 22 and was shifted to ZMC.

Officials said the COVID-19 positivity rate in Mizoram has risen to 16.39 per cent, the highest in India. According to health officials in Aizawl, in mountainous Mizoram, where the first Covid-19 death occurred on October 28, 2020, six months after the Northeast region's first coronavirus fatality occurred in Assam and seven months after India's first in Karnataka, approximately There are 1,000 people testing positive for Covid every single day during the last two weeks.

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