NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, who had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month, died on Monday after weeks in hospital, his son and the current President's office said.


A veteran politician who served as foreign and finance minister in previous administrations, Mukherjee was in a deep coma and on ventilator support after coming down with a lung infection.


"His demise is passing of an era," the office of President Ram Nath Kovind said in a tweet.


Mukherjee had tested positive for COVID-19 on August 10 and had been hospitalised since.