Thiruvananthapuram, July 29 (IANS) A 105-year-old woman, Asma Beevi on Wednesday was cured of Covid-19 disease and was discharged from the hospital.

She thus became the oldest patient in Kerala who was cured of the disease, which early saw an aged couple -- 93-year-old man and 88-year-old woman, was the previous elderly to have been cured.

Beevi was discharged from the state-run ESI Medical College at Kollam.

She got this disease from her daughter and after she was admitted to the hospital, a specially constituted medical board oversaw the treatment.

On a few occasions her condition deteriorated, but Beevi fought back and has now gone home.

--IANS sg/skp/