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You probably do not hear that local numbers when it comes toCoronavirus mortality rateThat's why this 104-year-old storyWilliam"Bill "lapchies, the oldest Covid-19 survivor of the US Covid-19, is a breath of fresh air a lot.

Born in Salem, Oregon, in 1916, lapschies passed the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918, the Great Depression and the Second World War. March 11, he was one of Oregon's first people to beDiagnosed with COVID-19. Now that it has been more than three weeks since its symptoms have started and more than two weeks since its fever, it is probably the oldest country of Covid-19 of the country, if not the oldest in the world. Thus, when his 104th birthday arrived on Wednesday, he and his family really had something to celebrate.

Wearingsurgical masks and maintain a good amount ofsocial distanceThey showed at the house of Edward C. Allworth Veterans in Lebanon, Oregon, where he lives - with balloons, cakes and signs telling him that they loved him. As you can see in the video below, it seemed to be excellent spirits as it was rough to greet his family.

His doctor,Rob Richardson, Said, saidPublic broadcasting of Oregon that lapchies had developed amoderate Of the virus, and would probably need to be hospitalized if it had not been in a long-term care facility. But given howCOVID-19 has affected the elderlyIt's always a miracle that he did.

"It could have easily moved in another way," said Richardson. "There are not many interventions that can be done."

When the granddaughter of lapschies,Jamie Yutzieasked him how he had managed toSurvive Covid-19He replied, "I do not know. It just left. Sit here and you can get rid of anything."

The girl of lapchies,Brown carole, described his father as a "wonderful family man". In 1939, he marriedAlamadean "Deanie" BuetellAnd they had been together for more than 60 years until his death in 2001. He served in the Second World War, sending trucks and heavy equipment. Brown said he never talked a lot about the war, but he had always been a friendly guardian.

And when asked how he felt 104 years old, Lapschies had a simple but touching answer: "All right. I did it." And for more comforting stories in the middle of this pandemic, check5 comforting stories of people helping seniors in the middle of coronavirus.