CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 20 Oct) – A 106-year-old male patient has successfully beaten the SARS-CoV-2 virus and was discharged from the city isolation unit last Monday.
The news that a centenarian was able to survive the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while 57 other patients much younger than him did not make it was warmly greeted by officials and residents who are reeling with daily double-digit infections.
“A glimmer of hope,” said one netizen who was watching the announcement on Facebook Tuesday noon.
Dr. Joselito Retuya, chief epidemiologist of the City Health Office, said that as far as they know, this resident of Barangay Lumbia could be the oldest patient in the country to recover from COVID-19.
Retuya said the patient took a month to defeat the virus, transferring from one medical facility to another.
He said the patient was first admitted at a private hospital where he was diagnosed to be positive of the coronavirus.
