One in 5 Sailors on Virus-Hit Carrier Test Positive in Final Tally

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt leaves its San Diego homeport on Jan. 17, 2020. U.S. Navy via Getty Images

A fifth of the sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for the CCP virus in the final tally—accounting for half of all cases in the Navy.

Only one sailor from the 5,000-strong ship is now in hospital, down from the peak of nine earlier in the outbreak on the nuclear-powered carrier.