He shared the news on his Instagram, but says he is recovering.
“Thanks for checking me out, I appreciate all the kind comments,” he said in a video. “Covid is not fun. I don’t recommend it.”
The doctor previously called the pandemic “press-induced”, but later apologized.
He went on to say that he had been sick for six days and that, after a false negative result, he ended up giving a positive result.
The former “Dr. Drew” presenter on CNN also posted several videos in which he discussed how to take bamlanivimab and dexamethasone. Bamlanivimab received an emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in early November.
According to the FDA, monoclonal antibodies should be administered as soon as possible after the onset of symptoms and the result of the infection test is positive.