US election latest news: Donald Trump says Rudy Giuliani ‘doing well’ in hospital with COVID-19, Joe Biden names full pandemic-fighting team

Donald Trump’s lawyer and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani remains in hospital, after the US President confirmed yesterday that the 76-year-old had tested positive for COVID-19.

Mr Trump told reporters that he had spoken to Mr Giuliani, and that he has no temperature.

It comes as Joe Biden makes his final appointments to lead his national health and pandemic recovery teams as the death toll in the US ticks over 283,000.

This story will be updated throughout Tuesday.

Giuliani ‘doing well’ after COVID-19 diagnosis

Donald Trump says his lawyer and long-time associate Rudy Giuliani had called him earlier that day from hospital, where he remains while being treated for coronavirus.

The US President was speaking after a ceremony at the White…