Jill Biden tests positive for Covid-19 but president’s test is negative

First lady experiencing only mild symptoms' amid late-summer rise in coronavirus infections in US

Jill Biden tested positive for Covid on Monday night, the White House said, the second time the first lady has tested positive for the virus.

She is currently experiencing only mild symptoms. She will remain at their home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware," the first lady's communications director, Elizabeth Alexander, said in a statement.