He was elected to Congress in 2018 and had seats on the House Foreign Affairs and Education and Labor Committees. U.S. Representative Ron Wright died after testing positive for COVID-19 last month, his office said on Monday, making him the first member of the U.S. Congress to die from the pandemic disease that has claimed nearly 464,000 American lives. Wright, a 67-year-old Texas Republican, had also been battling cancer. He was elected to Congress in 2018 and had seats on the House Foreign Affairs and Education and Labor Committees. Luke Letlow, a 41-year-old Republican fromLouisiana who won election to Congress in November, died of COVID-19 late last year before he could be sworn into office.

Source: The Hindu February 08, 2021 21:11 UTC