Ben Carson Tests Positive for COVID-19. On Monday morning, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson tested positive for COVID-19. He was reportedly tested at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after he began experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. . His deputy chief of staff, Coalter Baker, confirmed the news and provided an update on Carson’s health, saying he was “in good spirits.”. He is in good spirits and feels fortunate to have access to effective therapeutics which aid and markedly speed his recovery, Coalter Baker, via ‘The Independent’. Carson attended the election night party at the White House on Tuesday. . White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who tested positive for COVID-19 last week, was also in attendance. . Virtually every attendee at the party was not wearing a mask. Carson was also seen maskless at a Trump campaign rally in Waterford Township, Michigan on October 30.