Two Died From COVID-19 Weeks Before First U.S. Virus Death

A 113-year-old Spanish woman born in the United States says she is in good health after having overcome a coronavirus infection.

Maria Branyas said that she “feels good” after having avoided developing any serious symptoms of COVID-19.

Her daughter told Spanish news agency EFE that she tested positive for the virus in April.

Branyas' latest test came back negative. Branyas was born in San Francisco in 1907 after her family emigrated to Mexico and then the U.S. Branyas said that the pandemic claimed over 27,000 lives in Spain was “a tragedy.”

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