Mizoram CM Zoramthanga's Sister Dies Due To Covid-19 Complications

The name of the sister was Lalvuani and she was 88 years old.

The CM Zoramthang has announced the news of her demise on Twitter.

"It is with deep sorrow that I announce the demise of my beloved elder sister Lalvuani (88-years) this morning at 11:30 am," the chief minister tweeted.

Lalvuani, the third eldest of seven siblings, had been in a sickbed due to Asthma and old-age-related complications for several months, family sources.

She had been diagnosed with Covid-19 on September 22 and was shifted to ZMC, lone dedicated Covid-19 hospital in the state, the sources said.

Triggering widespread concern, the Covid-19 positivity rate in Mizoram has jumped to 16.39 per cent, the highest in India, officials said. According to health officials in Aizawl, in mountainous Mizoram, where the first Covid-19 death was reported on October 28, 2020, six months after the Northeast region's first coronavirus fatality in Assam and seven months after India's first in Karnataka, around 1,000 people are testing positive for Covid on every single day during the past two weeks.

Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry data on Tuesday said that the active ratio in Mizoram is 18.34 per cent against Kerala's 4.77 per cent. With a 1.1 million population (2011 census), Mizoram, India's second least populous state, has, so far, recorded 72,883 positive cases with 241 fatalities. Covid data analysis found that Mizoram, which shares borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, had over 6.5 per cent of its population infected by the disease. Mizoram health officials said that the state's recovery rate is 82.74 per cent against the national recovery rate of 97.58 per cent.

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