{"id":66693,"date":"2020-05-04T18:15:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T18:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/04\/navy-covid-19-cases-pass-2000-as-military-cases-continue-to-rise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:46:01","slug":"navy-covid-19-cases-pass-2000-as-military-cases-continue-to-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/coronavirus\/2020\/05\/04\/navy-covid-19-cases-pass-2000-as-military-cases-continue-to-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy COVID-19 cases pass 2,000 as military cases continue to rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style><div class='embed-container'><iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/ObMo6Gwe91k' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 2,000 sailors have contracted coronavirus, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/04\/30\/a-culture-that-fosters-sexual-assaults-and-sexual-harassment-persists-despite-prevention-efforts-a-new-pentagon-study-shows\/\" target=_blank>Defense Department data<\/a>, accounting for 42 percent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/05\/01\/military-covid-19-cases-continue-to-grow-as-dod-begins-to-study-asymptomatic-transmission\/\" target=_blank>the military\u2019s cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/04\/27\/studies-tackle-who-joins-the-military-and-why-but-their-findings-arent-what-many-assume\/\" target=_blank>The services<\/a> added 208 diagnoses over the weekend, for an increase of over 4 percent, totalling 4,912 cases in late February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That number brings the infection rate among troops to 2,339-per-million, or just over 0.2 percent, compared 3,432-per-million, or over 0.3 percent, nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe statistics show that the safest place to be is aboard a deployed Navy ship,\u201d Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday during a Brookings Institution webinar, citing two out of 94 ships underway with COVID-19 outbreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to a lower infection rate than the general public, Esper cited the low hospitalization and mortality rates in the military: 2 percent and 0.0004 percent, respectively. Of nearly 5,000 diagnoses, 99 have been hospitalized and 1,806 have recovered so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though not all states are releasing their hospitalization numbers, the current U.S. mortality rate among diagnosed cases is nearly 6 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1463\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49814615222_d6bcd1e904_k.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Cmdr. Brianna Rupp, a preventative medicine physician from the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, takes a survey from a U.S. sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) on April 22, 2020, in Apra, Guam, as part of a public health outbreak investigation.\" class=\"wp-image-40313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49814615222_d6bcd1e904_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49814615222_d6bcd1e904_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49814615222_d6bcd1e904_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,549 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49814615222_d6bcd1e904_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,732 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49814615222_d6bcd1e904_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1097 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cmdr. Brianna Rupp, a preventative medicine physician from the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, takes a survey from a U.S. sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) on April 22, 2020, in Apra, Guam, as part of a public health outbreak investigation. (MC1 Chris Liaghat\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite being the second biggest service, by about 150,000 troops, the the Navy has more than twice the numbers of the next hardest hit service. That is largely due to outbreaks on the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and destroyer Kidd, totaling more than 1,000 sailors and more than half of the service\u2019s 2,062 cases as of Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is reporting 1,032 cases as of Monday, followed by the Marine Corps at 428 cases and the Air Force at 388. The National Guard is reporting 884 soldiers and airmen, hundreds of whom have tested positive since mobilizing in support of pandemic response efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While DoD\u2019s numbers have leveled off somewhat in the past week, cases among service members are continued to rise as asymptomatic troops are tested as part of a tiered plan.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=a8ccdf4a-9e80-4416-9b95-b5185a54b0a1\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-a8ccdf4a-9e80-4416-9b95-b5185a54b0a1.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">How does the Pentagon plan to get all troops and service members tested for COVID-19?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting with nuclear deterrence and counter-terror units, testing will trickle down to deployed and forward-deployed forces over the next few months. The goal is to eventually be able to test 60,000 troops a day, but senior leadership have not been able to detail the plan to get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe believe we have the capacity right now to do the testing that\u2019s requested,\u201d Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told Miilitary Times on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Testing will be part of an shift in the way the military operates, clearing units before movements for training or deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere will be a new normal that we will have to adapt to for an extended period of time \u2014 at least until we have a vaccine that we feel confident in,\u201d Esper said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In total, the Defense Department has reported 7,434 COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Civilians make up the second largest chunk of those, with 1,207 total. That number increased by 84 over the weekend, or 7 percent. Of those, 91 have been hospitalized, 399 have recovered and 14 have died, the highest mortality rate among the DoD\u2019s four categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far 884 dependents have been diagnosed, a decrease of three over the weekend after correcting reporting errors. Of those, 35 have been hospitalized, 403 have recovered and four have died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among contractors, 431 have tested positive for coronavirus, thought no new caes were diagnosed over the weekend. 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