Washington, May 27 (AP) The Pentagon has said that an Army reservist from Wisconsin has died of COVID-19.

The name of the Army reservist and other details were not immediately released.

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He is the third member of the US military to die of the virus, and the first since the death in mid-April of a crew member of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier.

Officials on Tuesday said the reservist was not on active duty and not involved in coronavirus-related work for the military.

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A New Jersey Army National Guard soldier in late March was the first member of the military to die of COVID-19.

In all, 6,118 members of the military have been infected with the coronavirus, of which 3,460 have recovered, according to the Pentagon. (AP)

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