COVID-19-Associated Deaths After SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy - Mississippi, March 1, 2020-October 6, 2021

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Nov 26;70(47):1646-1648. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7047e2.

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • COVID-19 / mortality*
  • COVID-19 Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mississippi / epidemiology
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
  • Risk Assessment
  • United States
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • COVID-19 Vaccines