47 sailors on second US navy warship test positive for COVID-19

The US Navy said in a statement on Monday that 45 percent of the Kidd's crew had been tested. /CGTN

At least 47 sailors from the USS Kidd have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the US Navy.

The navy destroyer is the second US warship to report cases of the disease while at sea after the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier.

A Navy statement on Monday said 45 percent of the ship's crew had been tested. There are typically 330 sailors on board.

The Kidd is expected to pull into port in San Diego in the days ahead so that it can be disinfected and cleaned and the crew isolated and quarantined.

Prior to the outbreak, the ship had been deployed to a counter narcotics mission in the Eastern Pacific aimed at countering illicit drug trafficking.

The announcement of COVID-19 infections in the Kidd came as the number of cases from the USS Theodore Roosevelt increased to 955 with 100% of the crew having been tested.

More than 4,200 sailors, some 85% of that ship's crew, have been moved ashore to Guam where they are being isolated or quarantined. One sailor is currently being treated for coronavirus symptoms at the US Naval Hospital in Guam.

The U.S. is the world's worst affected country by COVID-19, having reported 972,969 infections and 55,118 fatalities, according data from to the Johns Hopkins University.

(With input from CNN)