Sailor aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt dies of coronavirus. Credit: CNN
(CNN) — A sailor who tested positive for COVID-19 on the USS Theodore Roosevelt has died of the coronavirus, the US Navy said Monday.
The Navy did not disclose the name of the sailor, who was admitted to the intensive care unit of a US Navy hospital on Thursday.
Nearly 600 sailors on the Roosevelt have tested positive for COVID-19, the US Navy said in a statement, adding that 92% of Roosevelt’s crew members have been tested for the virus.
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Roosevelt was at the center of a controversy that led to the resignation last week of Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, who had dismissed the aircraft carrier’s captain Brett Crozier after the leak of a memo in which he implored Navy officials to urgently evacuate the ship to protect the health of its sailors.
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