First US Military Servicemember Dies From CCP Virus

First US Military Servicemember Dies From CCP Virus
Member of U.S. military honor guard at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Nov. 11, 2016. YURI GRIPAS/AFP via Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—The first U.S. military service member has died from the CCP virus, the Pentagon said on Monday, as it reported another sharp hike in the number of infected troops.

The Pentagon said the servicemember was a New Jersey Army National Guardsman who had tested positive for COVID-19—the disease caused by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus—and had been hospitalized since March 21. He died on Saturday, it said.