Donald Trump tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday night, and new figures show the 74-year-old president is five times more likely to be hospitalised from the disease and 90 times more likely to die from it.Trump and his wife Melania confirmed they had both tested positive for Covid-19 early on Friday, just hours after top White House aide Hope Hicks said she had contracted the virus.
The president and Hicks travelled together on Air Force One multiple times over the last week, including to attend the first presidential debate against Joe Biden on Tuesday night.But while 31-year-old Hicks is considered a low-risk patient, at 74, Trump faces a much higher risk of being hospitalised or suffering its harshest symptoms, the (Centre for.