{"id":16748,"date":"2020-04-14T17:29:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T17:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/14\/the-military-has-been-averaging-more-than-100-new-troops-a-day-with-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:42:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:42:53","slug":"the-military-has-been-averaging-more-than-100-new-troops-a-day-with-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/04\/14\/the-military-has-been-averaging-more-than-100-new-troops-a-day-with-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The military has been averaging more than 100 new troops a day with COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the past week, between 100 and 200 troops have come up positive for coronavirus<\/a>, according to the latest Defense Department<\/a> numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Tuesday morning, 2,618 have been diagnosed, with two deaths and 80 current hospitalizations \u2015 including an aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt sailor<\/a> who died this week, and another admitted to intensive care yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cases among troops jumped almost 5 percent between Monday and Tuesday, with 400 so far recovered. Their infection rate stands at 1,246-per-million, still well under the overall 1,697-per-million of the general U.S. population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DoD civilians have been hit hardest during the pandemic, with more than 11 percent of cases currently requiring hospitalization, and representing seven of 16 deaths so far. That group saw a 9-percent jump in cases since Monday \u2015 from 597 to 653 \u2015 with 62 currently hospitalized and 84 recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest jump in the past day was among dependents, which rose 13 percent, from 491 to 558, in the last 24 hours. Twenty-four of those family members are hospitalized, with two deaths and 103 recoveries so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contractors, like DoD civilians, are spread out in terms of age, and have been the second hardest-hit group. So far, five have died of COVID-19 complications and 34 are currently hospitalized. Their numbers climbed 10 percent, 270 to 298, in the past day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DoD\u2019s death rate continues to be vastly lower than the general population\u2019s, at 0.3 percent versus 4 percent overall in the U.S., a number that has continued to grow as cases have grown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Navy wraps up testing all 4,800 sailors assigned to the TR, nearly 600 have tested positive for COVID-19. They make up the preponderance of the Navy\u2019s 950 cases, as it continues to be the service with the most diagnoses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army is second, with 602, following by the Air Force at 294 and the Marine Corps at 206. The National Guard<\/a>, made up of both airmen and soldiers, has reported 522, including more than 100 who have been diagnosed since mobilizing in support of local pandemic response efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\t