Top Trump adviser Stephen Miller tests positive for coronavirus

White House official Stephen Miller, a senior policy adviser to Donald Trump, has tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a list of several administration officials to become infected.

“Over the last [five] days I have been working remotely and self-isolating, testing negative every day through yesterday,” he said in a statement on Tuesday. “Today, I tested positive for Covid-19 and am in quarantine.”

The president returned to the White House on Monday after a stay in hospital following his coronavirus diagnosis. First Lady Melania Trump also has tested positive for Covid-19.

Positive cases within the administration and the president’s inner circle, which have upended the White House and president’s re-election campaign within weeks of Election Day, now include the president’s press secretary, four of her aides, his campaign manager, chair of the GOP, two senior advisers, and former adviser Kellyanne Conway.