Thiruvananthapuram: An elderly asymptomatic woman, who tested positive for the coronavirus 19 times, came negative for the 20th time in Kerala on Friday.
The 62-year-old patient will be discharged from the hospital as the state medical board gives a go-ahead for it. She tested negative twice on Friday, Pathanamthitta district medical officer Dr N Sheeja told the Hindustan Times.
Forty-five days ago, the woman was admitted to the hospital after she contracted the disease
upon coming into contact with a family who had returned from Italy. She was hospitalised on March 10 as she showed symptoms of COVID-19 and tested positive for it.
The three-member family returned to their home in Pathanamthitta's Ranni area on February 29.
Following their return, the family had attended several functions before testing positive a week later. Apart from the elderly woman, who is not related to the source contact, all members of that family, including a 94-year-old man and his 88-year-old wife, have recovered and had been discharged.
The woman tested positive 19 times before despite being free of the symptoms.
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