Covid: US congressman Ron Wright dies with coronavirus, aged 67

US Republican congressman Ron Wright has died aged 67 after testing positive for Covid-19 last month, officials say.

The Texas lawmaker "passed away peacefully" with his wife Susan by his side on Sunday, his office said.

The couple had both been infected with the virus and were receiving treatment at Baylor Hospital in Dallas.

Mr Wright, who had also been battling cancer in recent years, is the first sitting member of Congress to die with the coronavirus.

On 21 January, he released a statement announcing that he had tested positive for Covid-19.

"I am experiencing minor symptoms, but overall, I feel okay and will continue working for the people of the 6th [Congressional district] from home," his statement said.

Mr Wright was elected to the House of Representatives in 2018.

Announcing his death on Monday, his office said that he would be "remembered as a constitutional conservative" who was "a statesman, not an ideologue".

"Despite years of painful, sometimes debilitating treatment for cancer, Ron never lacked the desire to get up and go to work, to motivate those around him, or to offer fatherly advice," it added.