A 62-year-old woman from Kerala, who remained in hospital for 45 days after she tested positive for the novel coronavirus, was finally discharged on Wednesday.The woman from Vadaserikkara village in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta first tested on March 9 and remained Covid-19 positive in the next 19 tests.
She was admitted in Kozhechery District Hospital along with her daughter after they came in contact with an NRI family from Italy who had arrived on February 29. While the daughter recovered and was discharged on April 1, her mother’s results showed she was still infected.
Dr Abey Sushan, National Health Mission Coordinator, Pathanamthitta, said the 20th test result was found to be negative. Her case with probably the longest period of recovery from Covid-19 infection has baffled the medical community. “She is a stable patient with no complex medical history. We were worried about her status of being a positive patient for long,” Dr Abey Sushan old Indiatoday.in.
The patient only had a medical history of high blood pressure and cholesterol level. “We compared the recovery of such Covid patients with her treatment protocol. But we could not reach a conclusion about her medical status,” Dr Abey said.
Doctors view that the strain of Covid-19 infected her could have a longer incubation period.As of Wednesday, Kerala has recorded 426 infections with 117 undergoing treatment. As many as 306 patients have already recovered.Kerala has directed district administrations to maintain high surveillance on hotspots as the number infections in Kannur has shown a spike with 10 new infections on April 21.
