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The Spanish musician Plácido Domingo is admitted by coronavirus in a hospital in the city of Acapulco (Mexico), where he recovers from the disease.

The 79-year-old tenor would have overcome "the most critical part of the disease" , according to the Mexican newspaper Quadratín Guerrero, citing official sources. According to this information, Plácido Domingo could be discharged from the Del Prado hospital in the coming days and continue his convalescence in a house in the Brisas Guitarrón neighborhood.

Last Sunday, the Madrid singer himself revealed in a statement that he had tested positive for coronavirus. "I feel it is my moral duty to announce that I have tested positive at Covid-19," the Madrid native said in that message.

"I experienced symptoms of fever and cough , so I decided to have the test and the result was positive," he explained.

In his message, the singer begged citizens to be "extremely careful" to follow basic guidelines by washing their hands frequently, staying at least 1.5 meters away from others, doing everything possible to prevent the virus to spread.

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