The good news is good for Italy, very affected by the Covid-19 epidemic. A centenary, tested positive for the disease, was able to leave the hospital of Rimini Wednesday evening, cured, according to Gloria Lisi, vice mayor of this city on the Adriatic coast.
"I have friends who work at the local hospital with whom I speak in the evenings when we have finished the workday," she says on the phone. “The other day they told me that a gentleman, born in 1919, had been hospitalized because he tested positive for Covid-19. This gentleman looked good and quickly became the hospital mascot, ”says Gloria Lisi.
" A little hope "
"And last night they called me to tell me that this gentleman had left the hospital. In these times it is always good to give a little hope ”, concluded the vice-mayor of Rimini.
With 7,503 deaths and nearly 75,000 cases, the peninsula remains the country most cruelly hit by the pandemic. Official figures include deaths in hospitals and retirement homes. The average age of the deceased, according to the latest statistics from the Higher Institute of Health (ISS), is 78 years.
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