A 106-year-old man from Delhi, who was just four years old when the Spanish Flu made the rounds back in 1918, has successfully defeated the coronavirus and recovered quicker than his son, who in his 70s, at a dedicated COVID-19 facility, doctors confirmed.

The centenarian patient (name withheld), a resident of Old Delhi, was recently discharged from the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) after recovering from the novel virus, they said.

His wife, son and another family member, who were all infected by the coronavirus, have recuperated, the doctors added.

The elderly man was brought to the RGSSH, a hospital dedicated in providing COVID-19 treatment facilities in east Delhi by the city government, during mid-April and discharged early in May.

When asked about the details of his wife and the other family member, the doctor only said, "The 106-year-old man and his son, in his 70s, had recovered at our hospital, but the rest two recuperated at another COVID facility".

Another senior doctor told PTI: "Perhaps, he is the first reported case of COVID-19 in Delhi who also went through the dreaded Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 which like COVID-19 had also ravaged the world?"

India's COVID-19 tally neared the 7 lakh mark with 6,97,413 cases after 24,248 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

As per the Health Ministry, there are 2,53,287 active cases in the country while 4,24,432 patients have been cured or discharged. While one patient has migrated.

425 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in the country due to COVID-19, taking the number of patients succumbing to the deadly virus to 19,693.

The national capital's COVID-19 cases are also nearing the 1-lakh mark with 99,444 coronavirus cases and 3,067 deaths.

The total number of samples tested up to July 5 is 99,69,662 of which 1,80,596 samples were tested yesterday, informed the Indian Council of Medical Research on Monday.