News Suicide rate among active-duty troops jumps to six-year high, COVID-19 stress could make it even worse October 1, 2020Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAYComments Off on Suicide rate among active-duty troops jumps to six-year high, COVID-19 stress could make it even worse The active-duty Army has seen a 30% increase so far in 2020 in deaths by suicide from 88 deaths by suicide in 2019 to 114 this year.