113-Year-Old Woman In Spain Recovers From Coronavirus

Branyas is not a native of Spain, but she moved there with her father -- a journalist -- when she was young. Spain has been her home ever since, according to BBC News. She was born in Mexico in 1907. Two years later, her family moved to San Francisco, and five years after that, they moved to the Catalan province of Girona.

The supercentenarian -- a person who lives past the age of 110 -- said there's no secret to her longevity. In the interview with La Vanguardia last year, Branyas said simply, "I have done nothing but live." She told the interviewer that she was amused by all the interest in her age from the Spanish media. Despite her age, Branyas was in excellent physical health before her battle with coronavirus and she hasn't shown any signs of mental decline.

She's been living in an elder care facility in Olot for about two decades and she's beloved by the staff. She's been nicknamed "Abuela," which is Spanish for Grandmother. One staff member told La Vanguardia that Branyas always has time to impart the knowledge she's learned in her more than a century of life and that she truly cares about others.