Survived coronavirus at 104 | The case …

“Elena is a pretty survivor; last year she overcame an admission for influenza A and this year she conquered pneumonia following a covid-19 infection,” explained Állvaro Alejandre de Oña, the doctor who treated her at the Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid.

Elena was born in 1916, two years before the Spanish influenza pandemic, and lived through the two world wars and the Spanish Civil War. At the hospital, they stressed that it was a “case of hope during this second wave”, because having an advanced age is one of the most important risk factors. in patients infected with the coronavirus.

Spain has notified 21,309 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 48 hours, including 2,448 from the last day, which is an increase from 17,681 the previous weekend, the health ministry reported .

In addition, 389 deaths have been confirmed in the past 24 hours, and a total of 646 last week, while the people hospitalized the day before were 840, according to the Europa Press agency.