On Sunday, however, Dal Colleto was pushed in a wheelchair out of Sao Paulo's Vila Nova Star hospital to applause from doctors and nurses, becoming the oldest known survivor of COVID-19 in Brazil, the Latin American country worst-hit by the outbreak. The sole survivor of an Italian family comprising 11 siblings, Dal Colleto lived alone in the port city of Santos, Rede D'Or São Luiz, which controls the Vila Nova Star hospital, said in a statement. While she was hospitalised, Dal Colleto was put on oxygen and admitted to intensive care, the statement said. On Sunday, Brazil's health ministry said 1,223 people had died as a result of the outbreak, 99 more than the previous day's total. On Sunday, Bolsonaro said he thought that the coronavirus was on its way out of Brazil, although he gave no explanation.

Source: bd News24 April 13, 2020 00:11 UTC