Pregnant Women With Covid-19 Are Eight Times More Likely To Die Than Uninfected Counterparts

(Forbes) A new BMJ Global Health study warns that getting infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus at any point during pregnancy increases the mother’s risk of death by nearly eight times compared to those who remain uninfected. A group of researchers screened 137 studies and analyzed 12 studies conducted in Sweden Italy, Spain, the United States of America, Turkey, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Hong Kong, and China.