New Delhi: A day after singing legend Lata Mangeshkar was put back on ventilator support, she passed away on Sunday (February 6) morning. The 92-year-old singer tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms and was admitted on January 8 to Breach Candy Hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) where she is being treated by Dr Pratit Samdani and his team of doctors. Mangeshkar’s condition had improved in January and she was taken off the ventilator but her health deteriorated on Saturday.“She is no more. She died in the morning,” Usha Mangeshkar, the singer’s younger sister, told PTI. Her mortal remains will be taken to Mumbai’s Shivaji Park before the last rites.Regarded as one of Indian cinema’s greatest playback singers, Mangeshkar started her career at the age of 13 in 1942 and has sung over 30,000 songs in various Indian languages.In her over seven-decade career, she has sung a host of memorable tracks, including “Ajeeb dastan hai ye”, “Pyar kiya to darna kya” and “Neela asman so gaya”.The singer – known as the Melody Queen of India – has been given the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, as well as the Padma Bhushan, the Padma Vibhushan and the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.(With PTI inputs)