VIDEO: Cleveland Mayor Kevin Brooks released from hospital after treatment for COVID-19

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — UPDATE (Monday, August 24):

Cleveland Mayor Kevin Brooks says a donation of COVID-19 convalescent plasma helped save his life, and is helping his friend Ooltewah Rep. Mike Carter in his own battle with COVID-19. See the latest here.

UPDATE (Friday, July 10):

Cleveland Mayor Kevin Brooks has been released from the hospital and is doing well.

That's according to Corey Divel, the city's senior planner. Divel says the mayor was released from the hospital at 5 p.m. Friday.

Brooks told us earlier this week that he was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 and double pneumoniain Tennova-Cleveland’s medical intensive care unit.

Video shared with us from viewer Linda White shows nurses pushing a wheelchair as Brooks is led down a hallway lined with medical professionals cheering him on.

Brooks and his wife Kim walked out of the hospital together to further cheers and applause.

In a statement earlier this week, Mayor Brooks encouraged everyone to wear masks in public.

City officials could tell us Friday evening whether the mayor had recovered from the virus.

ORIGINAL STORY (Tuesday, July 7):

Cleveland Mayor Kevin Brooks tells NewsChannel 9 that he has been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Brooks says he is now undergoing treatment for COVID-19 and double pneumonia in Tennova-Cleveland’s medical intensive care unit. He says he had been first diagnosed with double pneumonia, and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 on his third test for it.

In a statement sent to NewsChannel 9, the mayor encouraged everyone to wear masks while in public.

He says, "I am a rule follower. I am a hand-washer. I am a hand-sanitizer. I am a social distancer. Alone, these actions were not enough. We also need to add wearing masks in public areas."

Mayor Brooks also thanked the team at Tennova for “taking extra care during my original diagnosis of double pneumonia, as well as a new secondary diagnosis of positive for COVID-19.”

“I wanted to write and send my personal thanks from me and my family for your outpouring of care and concern during my recent hospitalization,” Brooks said in the statement. “The support is overwhelming and we are all truly grateful.”

Read Mayor Brooks' full statement below:

Depend on us to update you as we learn more.