Former US President Bill Clinton, 75, left the California hospital where he was admitted Tuesday with an infection on Sunday morning, said the head of the team of doctors who treated him.
"President Clinton was released from UC Irvine Medical Center today,
" Dr. Alpesh N. Amin said in a statement released by Bill Clinton spokesperson on Twitter.
Live footage from CNN showed Mr. Clinton, masked on his face and accompanied by his wife Hillary, leaving the facility and giving a thumbs up in front of the cameras.
"His fever and white blood cell count have returned to normal and he is going home to New York to finish his treatment with antibiotics,"
added Dr Amin.
The former president will have spent five nights in the hospital.
According to US media, he was first affected by a urinary tract infection that spread to the bloodstream, causing sepsis.
He was in California for an event related to his foundation when he felt tired.
He went to the hospital where the risk of Covid-19 or heart problems was ruled out.