For the second time, Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong tested positive for COVID-19
BENJAMIN MAGALONG – The mayor of Baguio City tested positive again for coronavirus COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic remains to be the biggest challenge that the country is facing today. This disease that started way back in 2019 in Wuhan, China has placed a lot of lives at risk and has even taken the lives of many people.
A lot of personalities such as celebrities, elites, and even politicians were infected with the coronavirus as well.
Among those who contracted the dreaded virus is no less than Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong.
The city mayor revealed in an interview with Super Radyo dzBB that he is now under home isolation.
According to him, he had already recovered from the symptoms.
Currently, he is on the fourth day of his isolation.
It was in April 2021 that he first acquired the dreaded virus.
Meanwhile, the country is being threatened with the continuous increase of COVID-19 cases. In fact, there are 9,493 new COVID-19 cases in the Philippines as of Thursday, February 1, 2022.
On the other hand, 51 new deaths have been recorded, raising the total number of fatalities to 54,054 while 24,210 additional recoveries have been logged bringing the total of 3,339,558.
Since the start of the pandemic, the Philippines has confirmed 3,569,665 COVID-19 cases. Currently, there are 176,053 active cases.
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