Dear Editor,
SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus and causing COVID-19, has given rise to a worldwide pandemic.1,2 So far, tens of thousands of COVID-19 patients have been clinically cured and discharged, but multiple COVID-19 cases showed SARS-CoV-2 positive again in discharged patients,3 which raises an attention for the discharged patients.Also, there is an urgent need to understand the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection.Here, we conducted postmortem pathologic study in a ready-for-discharge COVID-19 patient who succumbed to sudden cardiovascular accident.Pathological examination revealed SARS-CoV-2-viruses remaining in pneumocytes and virus-caused pathological changes in the lungs.Our study provided new insights into SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis and might facilitate the improvement of clinical guideline for virus containment and disease management.