At the time of her death aged 116 years and 347 days, Capovilla was originally believed to have been the fourth-oldest verified person to have ever lived. However, because of the validation of 117-year old Delphia Welford on 29 April 2023, meant that she was the fifth-oldest. Capovilla had been the oldest verified South American until from Brazil surpassed her age on 4 October 2021 and died the next day. María Capovilla was also the last living person verified to have been born in the 1880s.
