FLOTUS’ Press Secretary Michael LaRosa tests positive for COVID-19

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First lady Jill Biden's press secretary Michael LaRosa has tested positive for COVID-19, Fox News has confirmed.

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LaRosa confirmed his positive diagnosis and said he has not been in close contact with the first lady in a statement to Fox News Thursday night.

US First Lady Jill Biden speaks during a panel on cancer during a visit to the Mays Cancer Center, February 23, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas. ( (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images))

"I was out this week until this [morning] but I haven’t been in close contact," LaRosa said.

LaRosa joins a growing list of individuals in the nation's capitol who have tested positive for the coronavirus this week.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 22: Michael LaRosa, Biden Administration, attends "Politico X Showtime", a cocktails and conversation event co-hosted by Politico Playbook and Showtime’s The Circus, at the International Spy Museum on March 22, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

Earlier today, it was announced that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as well as Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., and Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., had also tested positive for the virus.

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Earlier this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo also tested positive.