Social Media is exploding with information that President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19, what does Social Studio tell us about this emerging story?

Hope Hicks, former White House Communications Director was reported as testing positive yesterday for COVID-19, after being in contact with many government officials

Over 200k Tweets were made about her yesterday with just as many made already today.

In the past 12 hours since the story first broke, the conversation has changed from concerns about who she had been in contact with, to the news that the President contracted the virus and attended a fundraiser after being exposed.

Mentions of President Trump and either COVID or Corona exploded with the breaking news around 1am this morning, with over 300k posts within the first hour, as people are waking up and starting their day, we are seeing another wave of Tweets come in

An interesting note is that in the initial surge of Tweets, Presidential Candidate Joe Biden was mentioned more often than First Lady Melania Trump, who also tested positive.

Sentiment comparisons between Hope Hicks and President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump show a higher negative sentiment in regards to Hope Hicks, this is driven in large part due to expressions of frustration that the President attended a fundraiser after she tested positive