Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, talks to journalists about the military response to rocket attacks that killed two U.S. and one U.K. service members in Iraq during a news briefing at the Pentagon March 13, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. Because of the threat of transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Pentagon is exercising social distancing by keeping reporters’ chairs four feet apart from each other during briefings. | Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the military has surged to nearly 2,000.
Last weekend the number topped 1,000, and one week ago it stood at 771.
Among the services, the active duty Navy has the most cases, with more than 500. The Army has 470.
