Valvettithurai Municipal Council Mayor Konalingam Karunandarasa died while receiving treatment at the Point Pedro Hospital in Jaffna this morning, Valvettithurai Police said. He died of an exacerbation of heart disease while being infected with the Covid 19 virus.
The 76-year-old also had a heart condition and was admitted to the Mandikai Hospital in Point Pedro on the 9th due to a covid infection.