Pre and Post-Lockdown Cesarean Deliveries and Perinatal Quality Indicators During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We examined statewide perinatal quality indicators: nulliparous singleton term vertex cesarean births (NTSV) or low risk cesarean births, and non-medically indicated early term delivery (NMETD) rates during COVID-19 pandemic pre-lockdown (1/1/2019 to 3/23/2020) and post-lockdown (after 3/23/2020). Interrupted time-series analyses were used to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on these indicators. We observed a statistically significant increase in NTSV cesarean rates, 4.