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

Overview
Journal MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Date 2021 Nov 24
PMID 34818319
Citations 24
Authors
Laurin Kasehagen
Paul Byers
Kathryn Taylor
Theresa Kittle
Christine Roberts
Charlene Collier
Britney Rust
Jessica N Ricaldi
Jamilla Green
Lauren B Zapata
Jennifer Beauregard
Thomas Dobbs
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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.

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