LUCKNOW : UP's Cabinet minister for Technical Education Kamal Rani Varun succumbed to COVID-19 on Sunday at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences here.Kamal Rani is the first minister in Uttar Pradesh to die after contracting coronavirus.
She was 62.On July 18, the minister tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted to the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Hospital here.
She was later shifted to the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences.Meanwhile, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the minister's death.In a condolence message issued here on Sunday, Adityanath said, "Kamal Rani Varun died on Sunday at around 9.30 am.