Imus Mayor Maliksi isolated in hospital after contracting COVID-19

Imus, Cavite Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi on Monday announced that he was isolated in the hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.

On Facebook, Maliksi said government services would continue even as he was under mandatory quarantine at the South Imus Specialist Hospital.

"Sa kabila ng ating labis na pag-iingat habang nagseserbisyo sa ating mga kababayan, ikinalulungkot ko pong ibalita na ang inyong lingkod ay positibo sa Covid-19," Maliksi wrote on his social media page.

(Even as we are already taking precautions while providing service, I sadly have to inform you that I tested positive for COVID-19.)

The Philippines recorded 1,755,846 total number of COVID-19 cases, including 1,618,808 recoveries and 30,366 deaths. — DVM, GMA News