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July 28, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) Two Navy sailors have died due to complications from COVID-19, amid growing concerns about the deadly Delta variant.
A Navy reservist based in Idaho died Monday, and a doctor assigned to the Naval Medical Center at Camp Lejeune, N.C., died last Friday, bringing the total number of sailor COVID deaths to 10. The Navy identified them Wednesday as Master-at-Arms First Class Allen Hillman, 47, of Boise, and Capt. Corby Ropp, 48, of Camp Lejeune.
Their deaths are the first COVID-related ones in the Navy since April 29. They come as the number of active virus cases among sailors has jumped from fewer than 250 in early June to more than 800 now, according to Lt. Cdr. Patricia Kreuzberger, a spokeswoman for the Navy.
2 US Navy Sailors Die of COVID-19
WASHINGTON Two Navy sailors have died due to complications from COVID-19.
A Navy reservist based in Idaho died Monday, and a doctor assigned to the Naval Medical Center at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, died last Friday, bringing the total number of sailor COVID-19 deaths to 10. The Navy identified the solders Wednesday as Master-at-Arms First Class Allen Hillman, 47, of Boise, and Capt. Corby Ropp, 48, of Camp Lejeune.
According to the Navy, Ropp, who was the head of ophthalmology and refractive surgery at the medical center, died at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. Hillman was assigned to the Navy Reserve Volunteer Training Unit in Boise.
Dos miembros de la Armada de EUA mueren de COVID-19
Primeras muertes en la armada relacionadas con AP,
miércoles 28 de julio de 2021, actualizada 18:29
Dos miembros de la Armada de Estados Unidos han muerto debido a complicaciones por el COVID-19, en un momento en que crecen las preocupaciones por la mortal variante delta.
Un reservista de la Armada emplazado en Idaho murió el lunes, y un médico asignado al Centro Médico Naval en Camp Lejeune, Carolina del Norte, falleció el viernes pasado, con lo que ya son 10 los marineros muertos por COVID-19. La Armada indicó el miércoles que los elementos eran el maestro en armas de primera clase Allen Hillman, de 47 años, de Boise, y el capitán Corby Ropp, de 48 años, de Camp Lejeune.