102-year-old Italian woman dubbed ‘Highlander’ beats COVID-19
Italica Grondona was admitted to San Martino Hospital in Genoa in early March for “mild heart failure,” according to her doctor, Vera Sicbaldi.
She also had mild coronavirus symptoms, so she was tested for COVID-19 and found to be positive. Despite her age, her heart condition and the infection, she required little medical intervention, doctors said.
“We nicknamed her ‘Highlander’ – the immortal,” Sicbaldi told CNN.
Doctors say Grondona, who was born in 1917, is the first person they know of to contract COVID-19 and also live through the Spanish influenza pandemic that killed 50 million
BRAZIL
Coronavirus cases in Brazil:
4,579 cases confirmed by the Ministry of Health and
159 deaths.
The average lethality rate is 3,5%
State of São Paulo has 1517 cases with 113 deaths. The mortality rate in the state is 7,4%.
owever, remembering that the government is testing only the cases of hospitalized people.
(Hat tip Beltran @ FluTrackers)
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