In 20 days, she would turn 100. The family had been counting the days to bring the Shanghai woman in front of 100 small cakes, surrounded by sparkling candles and grandchildren who grew into adults under her loving care. Little did they know that day would never come. The woman tested positive for COVID-19 on March 26 and again two days later, and so was sent to the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center for treatment. During the following three days, staff from the hospital assured relatives in multiple phone calls that they had “made arrangements” for the 99-year-old’s care, that she was in “pretty good shape” and they needn’t worry, a relative relayed in a social media post. Her test results turned negative on March 31. Then the family was told that she was dead—a result of organ failure caused by existing conditions and aggravated by the virus, the hospital …