⁍ U.S. President Donald Trump revealed on Friday, Oct. 2, that he had been diagnosed with COVID-19.

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⁍ A White House adviser who works closely with the president has tested positive for the virus.

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⁍ The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump tested positive on Oct. 1 on a same-day COVID-19 test used as a screening tool by the White House.

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– President Trump’s return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday was “cordial and productive,” according to a statement from chief of staff John Kelly. “The President was discharged from the hospital this morning and returned to the White House this morning to continue his physical and mental fitness as president,” the statement reads, per the Washington Post. Trump’s return to the White House after a three-day stay was announced on Friday. The president was hospitalized on Oct. 2 for a same-day test for coronavirus, or EV-CoV. On Friday, Trump said he was no longer contagious and had been symptom free for 24 hours. Reuters has a timeline of Trump’s illness and treatment: Sept. 26: Trump hosts an event in the White House Rose Garden to announce his nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Masks and social distancing are not enforced and multiple attendees later test positive for the coronavirus. Sept. 29: Trump debates Joe Biden in Cleveland. Biden since tests negative. Oct. 1: Trump attends an indoor fundraiser at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey in the afternoon. In the evening, he says he is entering quarantine after Hope Hicks, a White House adviser who works closely with the president, reveals she has tested positive for COVID-19. Trump tells Fox News he is awaiting his own test results. The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump tested positive on Oct. 1 on a same-day COVID-19 test used as a screening tool by the White House but did not immediately disclose the result.