(CNN) The mother of a South Carolina teacher who died from Covid-19 earlier this month has died after she was infected by the virus, according to a relative. Shirley Bannister, 57, passed away from complications from Covid-19 on Sunday, according to her brother, Dennis Bell. Bannister is the mother of Demetria Bannister, a 28-year-old elementary school teacher who died earlier this month , just a few days after testing positive for Covid-19. Bannister "got really sick about two, three days after her daughter died" on September 7, Bell told CNN in a phone interview. Bell said his sister was "overwhelmed" after her daughter died just weeks before.

Source: CNN September 28, 2020 02:48 UTC