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108-Year-Old New Jersey Woman Survives COVID-19

BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. (CBS) - A 108-year-old New Jersey woman has beaten COVID-19. And to her, it's just one more challenge she's overcome to survive.

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Sylvia Goldsholl is 108 years old. She tested positive in March and was moved to the COVID isolation wing at her Bergen County senior living facility.

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Sylvia Goldsholl

Goldsholl was healthy and cleared two weeks later. She says she was determined to survive.

"I survived everything because I was determined to survive," Goldsholl said. "I am a survivor."

Goldsholl has lived through the Great Depression, two World Wars, and a lot more.

COVID-19 was just her latest challenge to overcome.

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