French long-liver Lucile Randon defeated the COVID-19 shortly before her 117th birthday, RIA Novosti reported citing Var-Matin.

The woman faced the virus asymptomatically.

Lucile Randon was born on February 11, 1904. In her youth, she was a governess, worked in a hospital, and then became a nun. On her birthday in 2019, she received a personal letter from Pope Francis and a consecrated rosary.

The oldest inhabitant of the world is officially recognized as the Japanese woman Kane Tanaka, who was born on January 2, 1903. Randon ranks second in the ranking of the oldest living people.