Coronavirus Watch: Trump to leave hospital, but he's not 'out of the woods'
President Trump tweeted that he's feeling "really good" and he'll be leaving the hospital Monday at 6:30 p.m. ET, marking an end to a roughly three day stay.
"Though he may not entirely be out of the woods yet, the team and I agree that all our evaluations, and most importantly his clinical status, support the resident's safe return home," White House physician Sean Conley said in a briefing Monday. Some COVID-19 physicians have said that seems early based on the treatment he's been receiving.
This is Monday's Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's the news to know today, as of 3:30 p.m. ET.
- White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany is the latest member of Trump's inner circle to test positive for the coronavirus. Here's a running list of who has tested positive in the last week.
- Melania Trump gave an update on her condition via Twitter, saying she is "feeling good" days after testing positive for COVID-19.
- The president on Sunday made his first public appearance since he checked into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday, giving supporters a drive-by wave as he sat in the backseat of an SUV. Some critics and doctors spoke out, calling it a reckless move. In other news...
- All locations of Regal Cinemas in the U.S. will close after the postponement of the new James Bond film left a gap in schedules.
- A World Health Organization official said estimates indicate that roughly 10% of the world's population may have had COVID-19, or about 700 to 800 million people. That represents a drastically higher number than the current number of confirmed cases worldwide, which stands at 35 million, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
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– Jay Cannon, Paste BN Network and Wires Editor, @JayTCannon on Twitter.