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The woman was released from the Anantapur District Virus Hospital on Tuesday.
She lost her son to the coronavirus, but an 85-year-old woman won her own battle against the dreaded virus in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. The oldest victim of COVID-19 in the state, was released from the district’s virus hospital on Tuesday, collector Gandham Chandrudu said.
It was her son who first contracted the coronavirus from a relative who returned from Mecca. He was the first patient to die in Anantapur district on April 4 due to COVID-19.
The woman, her grandson (the son of the deceased) and her driver tested positive on April 5 and were admitted to the district hospital. However, it was said to be “asymptomatic”.
Two other people from his locality in the city of Hindupur also tested positive and all five were admitted to the district hospital.
“Although she was asymptomatic, she was admitted to the district’s COVID hospital due to her age and condition. We performed two consecutive tests at a 24-hour interval and they tested negative, and she was therefore discharged on April 21,” Chandrudu said. , adding that she was “healthy and cordial”.
Her grandson, driver, and the other two were also released from the hospital.
On Wednesday, ten people were expelled from the Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences in Tirupati. Seven of them came from the Chittoor district, while three belonged to Kadapa.
#CoronaUpdates – 10 people were expelled from the SVIMS state # COVID-19 hospital in Tirupati. 7 people belong to Chittoor and 3 belong to Kadapa district. #APFightsCorona@collectorctr @CollectorKadapa pic.twitter.com/l5g1IWOuEN
– ArogyaAndhra (@ArogyaAndhra) April 22, 2020
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