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Trump's Covid-19 timeline: diagnosis, symptoms and treatment

The timeline will be updated as new information becomes available.
Image: President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Duluth, Minn., on Sept. 30, 2020.
President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Duluth, Minn., on Sept. 30, 2020.Erin Schaff / NYT via Redux file
By Hallie Jackson, Winston Wilde, Elizabeth Janowski and Stacey Klein

In the early morning of Oct. 2, President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19. The news, which came just a month before the presidential election, brought Trump's campaign rallies to a halt and made waves around the world.

Here is a timeline of the events leading up to and following Trump's diagnosis.

Read the latest updates on President Trump's coronavirus diagnosis.

Hallie Jackson

Hallie Jackson is senior Washington correspondent for NBC News.

Winston Wilde
Elizabeth Janowski

Elizabeth Janowski writes for NBC News digital politics. 

Stacey Klein
Parita Desai contributed.