WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on President Donald Trump's health after his COVID-19 diagnosis and hospitalization, and infections of close aides and others (all times local):
7 p.m.
President Donald Trump says he feels "good" as he arrives back at the White House after three days at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he was being treated for COVID-19.
Marine One landed at the White House just before 7 p.m. Monday just as the sun was setting.
He then walked upstairs to the South Portico balcony, took off his mask and stuffed it in his pocket, and flashed a double thumbs-up to the cameras. He saluted as he watched the helicopter lift back off. He walked into the White House without putting his mask back on.
Trump's doctors said he would continue his recovery from the White House, where he will be cared for 24/7 by a team of doctors and nurses. His doctor says he's still contagious.
Trump walked out the golden front doors of Walter Reed earlier Monday and offered a thumbs-up and fist bump before he stepped into an SUV that carried him to the helicopter. Lights had been set up to illuminate the scene for cameras.
6:40 p.m.
President Donald Trump pumped his fist as he departed a military hospital after a three-day stay for the coronavirus.
A masked Trump walked out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday evening toward a waiting SUV that carried him to Marine One for the short flight back to the White House. He said, "Thank you very much," to the assembled reporters.
Even before he walked out the doors, he tweeted that he'd be back on the campaign trail soon.
The 74-year-old Trump was expected to continue his recovery at the White House, where he will be cared for around-the-clock by a team of doctors and nurses. He announced his coronavirus diagnosis early Friday.
His doctor, Navy Cmdr. Sean Conley, told reporters earlier Monday that Trump remains contagious.
His return comes as the White House is still learning the extent of the outbreak that has sickened over a dozen close contacts of the president over the last week.
5:20 p.m.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina says he's regained his sense of taste and smell after testing positive for the coronavirus last week.
Tillis tweeted Monday: "I feel great." He says that although he's no longer exhibiting any symptoms of the coronavirus, he will continue to self-isolate.
Tillis is among several people who tested positive for the virus days after attending the Supreme Court nomination ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett at the White House on Sept. 26. Others who came down with the coronavirus include President Donald Trump and Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah.
Tillis was wearing a mask during the outside ceremony and has supported mask use. A New York Times photo taken inside the White House showed a maskless Tillis speaking to Barrett.
Tillis is in a tight race for reelection in November. He has temporarily halted in-person campaigning, and several campaign staff went into quarantine.
4:40 p.m.
Washington, D.C., officials say the White House has rebuffed their offers to assist with contact tracing after President Donald Trump and several others who attended a Rose Garden event to introduce the new Supreme Court nominee tested positive for COVID-19.
Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser says a D.C. health department representative who reached out to the White House "had a very cursory conversation that we don't consider a substantial contact from the public health side."
Washington's local virus regulations don't apply on federal property, and the White House has hosted multiple gatherings that exceeded the local 50-person limit, and many participants didn't wear masks.
The Sept. 26 ceremony announcing Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett is now regarded as a potential infection nexus.
The White House says it is doing contact tracing, and "appropriate notifications and recommendations are being made."
3:50 p.m.
President Donald Trump is planning to return to the White House on Monday evening, but doctors couldn't say when he'll no longer be contagious for the coronavirus or when he'd be able to travel again.
The president's personal physician, Dr. Sean Conley, told reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday afternoon that Trump is not out of the woods yet, but that there is no care at the hospital that the president cannot get at the White House.
Typically, COVID-19 patients don't have tests when they leave the hospital.
Doctors says Trump will be given advanced testing that is not readily available to determine when no more viable virus is present.
Trump announced his coronavirus diagnosis early Friday and spent three days in the hospital.
3:45 p.m.
An infectious-disease specialist says he's working with President Donald Trump's medical team on infection control strategies so that the president can return to the White House.
Dr. Jason Blaylock said Monday that he's working closely with local laboratories to obtain advanced diagnostic testing that would inform the White House medical team about Trump's ability to transmit the virus to others.
The president says he's leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday evening after a three-day stay for the coronavirus. On Sunday evening, Trump took a ride in an SUV driven by Secret Service agents to show his appreciation to supporters camped outside the hospital.
The president's personal physician, Dr. Sean Conley, says he was not concerned about the president going back to the White House on Monday.
He says the first five days of illness is when people are most likely to shed the virus. Trump announced his coronavirus diagnosis early Friday.
Conley says, "We're going to do whatever it takes for the president to safely conduct business" within the White House.
3:30 p.m.
President Donald Trump's health team is again refusing to disclose the findings of his lung scans as they update the public on his condition.
Dr. Sean Conley, the president's physician, said Monday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center that he's "just not at liberty to discuss" the findings.
Trump has been hospitalized at Walter Reed since Friday evening after he contracted the coronavirus.
COVID-19 can cause serious lung damage, including pneumonia, that can be visible in scans.
Conley was also evasive over the weekend. He said there were "some expected findings" in Trump's scans, but he declined to say what those findings were. He said there was "nothing of any major clinical concern."
3:20 p.m.
President Donald Trump's medical team says the president "may not entirely be out of the woods yet" as he heads back home to the White House.
Dr. Sean Conley, the president's physician, delivered an update on the president's health Monday. Earlier, Trump tweeted that he would be leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday evening after a three-day hospitalization with the coronavirus.
He says Trump "may not entirely be out of the woods yet" but he and the team "agree that all our evaluations and, most importantly, his clinical status support the president's safe return home, where he'll be surrounded by world class medical care."
Doctors say that he will continue to receive his treatments from the White House.
2:40 p.m.
President Donald Trump says he's leaving the hospital Monday evening after a three-day stay to treat symptoms of COVID-19.
The president tweeted: "I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don't be afraid of Covid. Don't let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!"
The virus has killed nearly 210,000 Americans.
Trump has been treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center since Friday afternoon.
Trump's return comes as the White House is still learning of the scale of the apparent outbreak on the complex last week. Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tested positive for the coronavirus Monday morning.
