The sister of Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has died of complications from COVID-19.
Mercia Bowser, 64, died on Wednesday afternoon, according to a statement from her sister.
“Mercia was loved immensely and will be missed greatly, as she joins the legion of angels who have gone home too soon due to the pandemic,” Bowser said. She expressed her gratitude to the doctors and nurses at Washington Hospital Center who treated her for COVID-19-related pneumonia.
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Mercia volunteered with Catholic Charities and the D.C. Office on Aging, according to the mayor, who added that her sister is also survived by her parents, Joan and Joseph Bowser, brothers, nieces, and nephews.
The news of her passing comes on the same day the city announced it had reached 1,000 total deaths attributed to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. On Monday, the United States crossed the threshold of sustaining more than 500,000 deaths tied to the virus.
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“I ask that you continue to keep those who have been lost or impacted by the pandemic and those who are working so hard to protect us from it in your thoughts and prayers, and I respectfully request that my family and I are granted the time and space we need to mourn the loss of Mercia,” the mayor added.
