SEATTLE - A Seattle man is likely feeling very lucky after officially surviving COVID-19 twice. His case is only the third case in the United States where doctors confirmed reinfection.Doctors at Swedish Medical Hospital say the patient is a man in his 60’s who lives in a nursing home contracted the virus again.
He first caught the coronavirus in March and spent over 40 days in the hospital with a severe case of the virus. Then in July, he was admitted to the hospital once again with symptoms.Test results were troubling, to say the least—he had the virus again, but it was a different strain.