Trumpworld coronavirus tracker

An outbreak of COVID-19 has struck the White House — including the president himself — just weeks before the 2020 election.

Why it matters: If the president can get infected, anyone can. And the scramble to figure out the scope of this outbreak is a high-profile, high-stakes microcosm of America's larger failures to contain the virus and to stand up a contact-tracing system that can respond to new cases before they have a chance to become outbreaks.

COVID-19 positives

Wednesday, Sept. 30

• Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel

Thursday, Oct. 1

• White House communications aide Hope Hicks
• President Trump
• First Lady Melania Trump
• Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah)

Friday, Oct. 2

• Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
• Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway
• Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien

Saturday, Oct. 3

• Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
• University of Notre Dame President John Jenkins, who attended the Rose Garden ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court
• Three unidentified White House reporters also who attended the ceremony
• Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

Sunday, Oct. 4

• Director of Oval Office operations Nick Luna

Monday, Oct. 5

• White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany
• Two unidentified White House communications aides

Tuesday, Oct. 6

• White House senior adviser Stephen Miller

Wednesday, Oct. 7

• White House security office chief Crede Bailey (positive test date unconfirmed)

Tuesday, Oct. 13

• Trish Scalia, who attended the Rose Garden event with husband, Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, (though it's unclear where she contracted the virus)

Wednesday, Oct. 14

• First lady Melania Trump said her son, Barron Trump, contracted the virus but had no symptoms. She did not say when exactly he tested positive.

Saturday, Oct. 24

• Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff Marc Short.

COVID-19 negatives (per most recent known test)

Friday, Oct. 2

• Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)
• Eric and Lara Trump
• Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.)
• President Trump's son Barron Trump
• Ivanka Trump
• Jared Kushner
• Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett (previously tested positive this summer)

• Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
• Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar
• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
• White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow

Saturday, Oct. 3

• White House social media director Dan Scavino
• Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.)

Monday, Oct. 5

• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
• President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani

Tuesday, Oct. 6

• Attorney General Bill Barr
• Katie Miller, press secretary to Vice President Mike Pence (She tested positive in May)

Wednesday, Oct 7

• Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.)
• Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence

Thursday, Oct. 8

• Democratic nominee Joe Biden

Monday, Oct. 12

• President Trump (negative test dates undisclosed, but first announced on this date)

Tuesday, Oct. 13

• Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia

Editor's note: This article has been updated with the latest coronavirus results.