In Spain, a 93-year-old patient recovered from coronavirus and received a guard of honor after several days in intensive care.
- The patient had spent several days in intensive care
- Two centenarians have already been cured of Covid-19
As the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc around the world, good stories provide hope. This was the case in Spain, at the Fundació Sant hospital, in Lleida (Catalonia), where on Tuesday March 31 a 93-year-old patient recovered from a Covid-19 infection. After spending several days in intensive care, the man, whose name did not filter, eventually recovered from the disease.
A guard of honor
At the Catalan hospital, the nursing staff made a guard of honor to the patient when he left. The recovery of this patient represents a sign of hope for thousands of patients across the country and has circulated widely on Spanish social networks. More than 22,000 patients have already recovered from this disease in Spain. This patient is not the first of an advanced age to overcome Covid-19, two centenarians have already succeeded in overcoming the virus.
Primera alta of a patient’s hospital #COVID19. Amb 93 anys malaltia superada!! #EnsEnSortirem Thank you for quedar-vos a casa!! pic.twitter.com/cnTDASg84H
— Fundació St Hospital (@fshseu) March 31, 2020
In Spain, Covid-19 has caused more than 10,000 deaths, which officially makes it the second most affected by the pandemic behind Italy, which has more than 13,000 deaths. The threshold of 100,000 positive cases for Covid-19 has been exceeded.
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