Brazilian football legend Pele contracted COVID-19 before he was hospitalized, local media reported Monday citing his family. 

The 82-year-old has been hospitalized since Tuesday to treat a respiratory infection aggravated by COVID-19 but there's no imminent risk of death, his daughters said in an interview on Sunday.

The family said Pele is expected to leave the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo once he fully recovers from the respiratory infection. 

"About three weeks ago he got COVID," Pele's daughter Kely Nascimento said to Brazil's TV Globo. "He is vaccinated, with all the vaccines, but because of the cancer medication, the chemotherapy, which is fragile, he got a lung infection. That's why he went to the hospital, because of the lung infection.

"At hospital, he is better assisted. But he's not in the ICU, he's in a normal room. So, he's not at risk," said Flavia Nascimento, also his daughter. 

The hospital said Saturday that Pele is responding well to treatment for the infection and his health condition had not worsened over the previous 24 hours. 

No health statement was issued on Sunday from the hospital.