A New Jersey National Guardsman has died after being hospitalized for over a week, becoming the first U.S. service member to succumb to the coronavirus, the Pentagon announced.
"Today is a sad day for the Department of Defense as we have lost our first American service member -- active, reserve or Guard -- to coronavirus," Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said in the statement. "This is a stinging loss for our military community and our condolences go out to his family, friends, civilian co-workers and the entire National Guard community."
New Jersey has 13,386 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state -- second only to New York. In addition, 161 people have died statewide.
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