USS Kidd

The U.S. Navy is housing sailors in San Diego hotel rooms while their ships are being sanitized and disinfected.

Civilians told NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado they’re glad San Diego can find a way to help our service members.

The San Diego-based USS Theodore Roosevelt has 1,102 active COVID-19 cases, the Navy reported on Thursday, in what will be its final report on virus cases aboard the aircraft carrier and USS Kidd barring “significant changes.”

The Navy says the number of sailors aboard the USS Kidd who have tested positive for the new coronavirus has risen to 64, or about one-fifth of the destroyer’s crew

Dozens of sailors infected with the novel coronavirus who were aboard USS Kidd will be quarantined in nearby hotels after the airship carrier docked in San Diego.

The Navy told NBC 7 it has now tested 63 percent of the ship’s crew and as of Tuesday, 64 tested positive.for COVID-19, reports Bridget Naso.