90-year-old grandfather becomes Peru's oldest coronavirus survivor

Published on 17 Apr 2020 1:26:29 PM

A 90-year-old man has beaten coronavirus in Peru, becoming the country's oldest survivor.

Valerio Santa Cruz was discharged from a hospital in Lima on Wednesday.

Medics and his fellow patients applauded the senior citizen as he was taken from the hospital in a wheelchair.

Peru has 12,491 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Thursday (April 16) with 274 deaths.

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