The Uttar Pradesh minister, who had been admitted to the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences on July 18 after she tested positive for coronavirus, breathed her last on Sunday morning, according to the official sources.
The doctors said that her condition had worsened a couple of days ago and she had to be put under ventilator support.
Sources said that the minister, who held the technical education portfolio in the UP ministry, suffered from diabetes, hypertension and also had thyroid problem.
58-year-old Kamal Rani was a legislator from Ghatampur assembly constituency in Kanpur Dehat district of the state.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath cancelled his visit to Ayodhya following the minister's demise.
So far, as many as five UP ministers have tested positive for coronavirus. Before Kamal Rani, UP ministers Jai Pratap Singh, Chetan Chauhan, Upendra Tewari, Rajendra Pratap Singh and Dharma Singh Saini had also tested positive.
UP has witnessed a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in the past few days and around 3,000 cases were reported almost on a daily basis. So far 1,677 people have died from Covid-19 in the state.
Published 02 August 2020, 05:42 IST