Pregnant and recently pregnant women are at increased risk for severe illness and death from COVID-19 compared with women who are not pregnant or were not recently pregnant (1,2). CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccination for women who are pregnant, recently pregnant, trying to become pregnant, or might become pregnant in the future.* This report describes 15 COVID-19-associated deaths after infection with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) during pregnancy in Mississippi during March 1, 2020-October 6, 2021.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8612513 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7047e2 | DOI Listing |
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