Ellen DeGeneres tests positive for COVID-19 and is ‘feeling fine right now’

• Ellen DeGeneres announced Thursday that she has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. 
• “I want to let you all know that I tested positive for COVID-19. Fortunately, I’m feeling fine right now,” the talk show host, 62, tweeted. 
• DeGeneres said that she’s “following all proper CDC guidelines,” adding that those who have come in contact with her have been notified of her positive test results. 
• “I’ll see you all again after the holidays. Please stay healthy and safe,” she wrote. 
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Ellen DeGeneres has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the talk show host announced Thursday on Twitter.

“Hi Everyone, I want to let you all know that I tested positive for COVID-19. Fortunately, I’m feeling fine right now,” she began.

“Anyone who has been in close contact with me has been notified, and I am following all proper CDC guidelines,” DeGeneres, 62, continued. “I’ll see you all again after the holidays. Please stay healthy and safe.” 

—Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) December 10, 2020

Warner Bros. Television, the studio behind DeGeneres’ eponymous talk show, also had six staff members with positive COVID-19 test results as of Wednesday, according to Los Angeles’ Department of Public Health. It remains unconfirmed whether DeGeneres was included in that count. 

Insider reached out to a rep for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," but didn't immediately hear back.

DeGeneres returned to the Warner Bros. lot on September 21 to film season 18 of her daytime talk show after a string of at-home episodes early in the pandemic. The talk show host invited her first in-person audience to the studio on October 28. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, 40 individuals were invited to the show's in-person studio audience, while 70 people remained virtual. USA Today confirmed that the studio holds 300 audience members at capacity. 

DeGeneres has also invited in-person celebrity guests amid the ongoing pandemic, including Justin Bieber, Leslie Odom, Jr., Bryan Cranston,  Lil Nas X, and Diane Keaton.

The news of DeGeneres' diagnosis arrives as the number of novel coronavirus cases across the country surges. As of Wednesday, Los Angeles County reported 9,243 new COVID-19 cases and 75 deaths related to the novel coronavirus, the highest number since July 29, according to Los Angeles' Department of Public Health.

As the United States climbs past 15 million confirmed cases and approaches 300,000 deaths related to the novel coronavirus, many states, including California, have put new restrictions in place.