President did not disclose 1st positive test, sources say
The president had already tested positive Thursday when he appeared on Fox News.
President Donald Trump's condition is continuing to improve as he fights a coronavirus infection, doctors say, and he may be able to leave Walter Reed Medical Center as early as Monday -- even as details emerge that the president allegedly initially tested positive for COVID-19 earlier than he acknowledged.
Doctors also reported that Trump, over the course of exhibiting coronavirus symptoms, had earlier experienced two episodes of "transient drops" in his oxygen saturation.
Yet the president was feeling well enough Sunday evening to briefly leave Walter Reed for a surprise drive-by, waving to supporters outside the hospital.
Meanwhile, numerous questions remain about how many people at the highest levels of government had been exposed to the virus after a week of events involving the president where social distancing and mask-wearing were lax in the White House and elsewhere.
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Trump did not disclose 1st positive test
Before making an appearance on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News Thursday evening, President Trump had already tested positive that evening for COVID-19 from a rapid test, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
The president did not reveal the results of his first positive test as he awaited results from the more accurate PCR test. However he confirmed to Hannity that top aide Hope Hicks had tested positive.
"She did test positive. I just heard about this. She tested positive,” Trump said.
"And I just went out with a test, I’ll see -- you know, ‘cause we spend a lot of time -- and the first lady just went out with a test also," he said.
-ABC News' Katherine Faulders and John Santucci
Trump leaves Walter Reed briefly for drive-by appearance
With little warning, President Donald Trump left Walter Reed Hospital for a few minutes in his motorcade Sunday evening to greet supporters who were outside.
Trump, appearing with a mask from the window of his vehicle, was seen waving to a crowd.
The president tweeted a video before the drive-by appearance thanking his supporters and saying he was going to "make a little surprise visit."
Trump also said in the video that he visited soldiers and first responders at the hospital.
It was not immediately known if there was anyone else in the car aside from the driver. A Secret Service spokesperson declined to comment on the impact of Trump’s trip on the health and safety of their agents, saying they "do not comment on presidential protection."
A senior administration official told ABC News afterward that Trump had returned to the hospital and that he had not been discharged.
Administration member Judd Deere subsequently put out a statement saying that, "President Trump took a short, last-minute motorcade ride to wave to his supporters outside and has now returned to the Presidential Suite inside Walter Reed."
There have been no updates on Trump's condition from his physicians since earlier in the day, when they told reporters he could be released as early as Monday.
-ABC News' John Santucci, Justin Fishel, Elizabeth Thomas and Jack Date
Trump tweets appreciation for supporters outside hospital
President Donald Trump posted on Twitter Sunday afternoon that he appreciates "all of the fans and supporters outside of the hospital."
The medical team treating the president is hopeful that he will be discharged from Walter Reed Medical Center on Monday.
White House identifies over 200 Bedminster guests to health officials
The New Jersey Health Department tweeted out an update Sunday about the people who attended an event with President Trump at the Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster, New Jersey, last week, shortly before the president and other administration officials tested positive for COVID-19.
It was initially reported that about 100 guests attended the event, but the list the White House sent to the Health Department included the names of 206 people who attended events with those later determined to be infected with the coronavirus.
"DOH has reached out to these individuals to make them aware of possible exposure and recommend that they self-monitor for symptoms and quarantine if they were in close contact with the President and his staff," the health department tweeted.
Health officials are currently interviewing the club’s staff members, all of whom live in Somerset County, and providing health recommendations. The Health Department has begun contract tracing for those guests, and urging any concerned members to quarantine for 14 days.
"Attendees that are seeking a test should consider waiting at least 5-7 days from the event. While the risk is low, a negative test earlier than that time cannot definitively rule out that COVID-19 will not develop," the agency tweeted.