Sailor aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt dead from coronavirus

In this April 7, 2020, photo released by the U.S. Navy, sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt move ready to eat meals for sailors who have tested negative for COVID-19 and are being taken to local hotels in an effort to implement social distancing at Naval Base Guam.(Julio Rivera/AP)

A sailor assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt who had been hospitalized with coronavirus died Monday, the U.S. Navy announced.

The sailor, whose identity is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification, had been in the intensive care unit at the U.S. Naval Hospital Guam since Thursday, 10 days after he tested positive.

A Navy spokesperson said the sailor had been moved to an isolation unit, along with four other sailors who had also tested positive, and was being checked on twice a day by a medical team.

He was found unresponsive at 8:30 a.m. Thursday and was moved to the ICU.

The unidentified sailor is believed to be the first death aboard the Navy ship.

As of Sunday, at least 585 crew members aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for coronavirus.

Captain Brett Crozier was fired after his letter to his Navy superiors, pleading for evacuations and better medical supplies, was made public.

“We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our sailors," Crozier wrote in the letter, published by the San Fransisco Chronicle.

Days later, acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly quit after calling Crozier “too stupid or too naive” to be in command during an address to the remaining crew members on the ship.