Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife were hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, according to a statement from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

Doctors are monitoring their condition, the RPC said in a statement obtained by CNN Saturday. Jackson, 79, and his wife, Jacqueline Jackson, 77, are presently at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, the RPC said.

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