The first coronavirus patient has been discharged home from NYC Health+Hospitals/Woodhull.

Magdalen Michel was first admitted two weeks ago and had to be put on a ventilator.

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She says she is thankful to the health care workers who nursed her back to health, and that she can't wait to get home to her children.

Other COVID-19 patients have been discharged, but were sent to other care facilities.