Here are few of the accounts from India and rest of the world:

Odisha COVID-19 survivors praise

, urge people to support govt

Indian-origin COVID-19 survivor in

says lucky to be alive

'Medical care, patient's willpower helped septuagenarian recover

Diabetics need not overly worry about coronavirus: Survivor

62-year-old in Noida recovers. Her advice: Stay upbeat

Be cautious, not afraid of coronavirus: Punjab man after recovery

COVID-19 survivor beat isolation blues through action

, video calls to wife

Coronavirus survivor: 'In my blood, there may be answers'

(With agency inputs)

NEW DELHI: As the worldwide number of positive coronavirus cases rises across the world, some people, who have recovered from the infection, are sharing their stories of survival with the world.From sharing tips on how not to lose hope to utilising their time in the hospital, lot of people who have recovered from COVID-19 are thanking the medical staff for taking care of them.Two COVID-19 survivors, who have been discharged from Odisha hospital, after their complete recovery on Monday urged people not to lose hope on the system and follow government guidelines to defeat the coronavirus pandemic.The survivor duo, both Nizamuddin returnees, hailing from Jajpur and Puri districts, were discharged from Ashwini COVID Hospital in Cuttack on April 10.The duo had tested positive to COVID-19 during screening even though they had no such flu symptoms."From the very beginning, I was not worried because I had no symptoms. I would like to thank doctors and nurses for detecting COVID-19 in me and doing proper treatment so that I recovered fully," said the survivor from Jajpur, who is a 'Maulana', a religious preacher.Apart from abiding the guidelines, one should develop self-confidence to defeat the disease, the Jajpur survivor said, adding that doctors, nurses and family members boost his mental courage which helped him a lot.Similarly, a resident of Pipili area in Puri district, who is also a Nizamiddun returnee, said that early detection of the virus helped him to overcome the disease. He is a postman."I am grateful to Allah for giving me a new lease of life. I was under severe mental stress after getting to know about the COVID-19 status. However, the people around me like doctors and nurses all along told me that I will recover and they proved right," he said.He urged all to follow the social distancing norms, wash hands frequently, stay home and obey government guidelines to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic."I almost died," recalls Indian-origin Ria Lakhani, still struggling to breath normally, days after surviving a severe case of coronavirus that has killed over 7,000 people in the UK."It (breathing) used to be such a natural action but now I have to remember how to inhale and exhale," the BBC quoted her as saying from her home in north-west London.In self-isolation, she still cannot hug her husband, or see her parents and siblings. She still wakes up at night struggling to breathe.Lakhani, a sales executive, started to show symptoms of Covid-19 while in hospital, where she was admitted for an operation and later tested positive for coronavirus.She said her recovery has been slow. In hospital she could barely move at first and was given morphine on top of the oxygen because of the pain.She praised the medical staff who treated her. They are "true heroes," she said."It was the small wins and things like the nurses making sure Iris had a constant supply of hot tea and a sneaky extra slice of cake that made me smile."But she's relieved that she was able to fight the virus, especially considering how many people have died.A 73-year-old Delhi man with co-morbid conditions has recovered from COVID-19 and doctors have attributed his survival to medical care and the patient's "willpower to live".Manmohan Singh, a resident of Jangpura area in south Delhi, was discharged on Tuesday after undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the LNJP Hospital."He has so many co-morbid conditions resulted to old age, from ailments in heart, kidney to blood pressure and coronary heart conditions. It was his will power to live that pulled him through," Medical Superintendent of the hospital, J C Passey said.He attributed his recovery to patient care given by doctors at the hospital, high-quality equipment, and the patient's fighting spirit.If the man had given up, perhaps "we would have lost him," he added.His survival will give a lot of hope to other old patients and their families, many of whom are suffering from fear psychosis, he said.A 51-year-old coronavirus patient with a history of diabetes and hypertension, who has been discharged from a hospital in Kolkata after recovery, on Tuesday said he was in a positive frame of mind during his treatment and that diabetics should not be worried as long as their sugar levels are under control."Diabetics should not fear as they can be cured of the COVID-19 disease," Gopi Krishna Agarwal said, adding that since his sugar level is not very high, it was not much of a problem for him.Medical experts have been saying that if diabetes is kept under control, a coronavirus patient with diabetes can be treated as any other non-diabetic COVID-19 patient."The doctors were good and they have successfully done their job," he said.It began with a cough that wouldn’t go away, followed by breathlessness and fever. The 62-year-old woman from Noida and her son had travelled to Denmark.And soon, these two and the rest of the family as well, became the city’s second biggest cluster with seven cases.Now, the 62-year-old is back home, the first senior citizen in Noida to have recovered, and she has one advice to share — stay positive.Two things, she said, made it possible for her to see herself through her time in hospital — a supportive medical staff and staying positive. “First, you hear about the disease and get scared. Then, you find yourself in the middle of it, your own situation worsens. And when you overcome it all and come home, people avoid you and your family. But I tell my children: remain strong and think positive. There is no point thinking about how people respond. We should stay away, right now at least, as it’s best for everyone. Just follow the treatment protocol and mentally prepare yourself. That’s how you get better,” she said.The mother and son were discharged last Friday after they recovered. Now she waits for her husband, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren to get home.35-year-old Fateh Singh, a coronavirus survivor from Punjab, has asked people to be cautious, not afraid of the disease. Singh, who was undergoing treatment at the civil hospital in Nawanshahr district of Punjab, tested negative twice on April 4 and 5.He and his family members were admitted to the hospital on March 19. Singh's 70-year-old father had died recently due to coronavirus.“If anyone contracts coronavirus, one should get treatment for that and should not be scared of it. This can be treated. Have courage and keep yourself internally strong. And there is no need to worry,” Singh said in a video message.He also asked people to maintain hygiene and wash their hands regularly to keep the deadly disease at bay. In his video message, Singh thanked the health staff at the civil hospital for taking care of patients.Bingeing on action movies, hours-long video calls to his wife and watching "less TV news" helped a coronavirus survivor in successfully getting through the tense isolation period in hospital.The 29-year-old, who did not wish to be named, was discharged from the Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, on April 1 after he tested negative for the virus in his second consecutive report.The Gurgaon resident was tested COVID-19 positive on March 21, soon after his return from an official trip in the UK.Though aware of the fact that he has to stay put in the isolation ward of the hospital for at least 14 days, he said after four-five days, no matter how hard one tries "boredom and frustration" starts creeping in.He said he will always be indebted to his wife for the several video calls, and the streaming apps for showing latest action movies that kept him "busy and happily engaged" during such times of distress.On movies, he said he was binge-watching latest action movies and series.Tiffany Pinckney remembers the fear when COVID-19 stole her breath. So when she recovered, the New York City mother became one of the country's first survivors to donate her blood to help treat other seriously ill patients.“It is definitely overwhelming to know that in my blood, there may be answers,” Pinckney told The Associated Press.Doctors around the world are dusting off a century-old treatment for infections: Infusions of blood plasma teeming with immune molecules that helped survivors beat the new coronavirus. There's no proof it will work.But former patients in Houston and New York were early donors, and now hospitals and blood centers are getting ready for potentially hundreds of survivors to follow.