The woman, who is from Italy, caught coronavirus in April 2020, which cut off the blood supply to her upper extremities.
As a result, she was left with black fingers that swelled from her knuckles up to the tip of her fingers.
A new report in the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery called the disease a "severe manifestation" of coronavirus.
It is believed the side effect may be related to a common immune reaction to Covid called "cytokine storm".
Cytokine storm prompts the body to attack both sick and healthy tissues in a response to the havoc the virus wrecks on the vascular system.
The woman’s reaction is not the first time a Covid patient has needed their fingers amputated.
According to Daily 54-year-old man from California had two fingers amputated as a result of extensive tissue and muscle damage after contracting Covid on a ski trip.
Also, in England, a father-of-two, from Cardiff, Wales, contracted coronavirus and lost his left thumb and a forefinger.
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