'Longest-ever' COVID case: Man, 72, had infection for 613 days. He died after…

'Longest-ever' COVID-19 case: 72-year-old had infection for 613 days. He died after... The COVID-19 patient succumbed “to an underlying illness” after “incubating a highly mutated novel strain over 613 days”. Here's what a report claims. A 72-year-old man suffered from COVID-19 infection for a record 613 days, Netherlands researchers said in one of their studies. This was the "longest known" case of COVID-19 infection, researchers were quoted by the TIME magazine as saying. As per the report, the patient succumbed …