10 months. That's how long this UK man tested positive for Covid | Read his story

Almost 10 months, 43 positive RT-PCR tests, and several near-death moments later, a man in UK's Bristol has become the longest recorded active Covid-19 infection to date. The man, who tested positive during the first wave of Covid in the UK, was living with the virus for more than 300 days. Read his story...

More than 290 days. No, this is not how long we have been dealing with a wave or two of the Covid-19 virus, but the number of days that this man from the United Kingdom was Covid-positive for. Dave Smith contracted Covid-19 at the start of the first wave in the UK last year. However, beating all the Covid-related long-term problems people generally face, Dave was living with the virus for more than 300 days, becoming the longest recorded active Covid-19 infection to date.