COVID-19 infection rates high in pregnant women

(University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) The study also showed that the number of COVID-19 infections in pregnant patients from nearly all communities of color in Washington was high. There was a twofold to fourfold higher prevalence of pregnant patients with COVID-19 infections from communities of color than expected based on the race-ethnicity distribution of pregnant women in Washington in 2018.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uowh-cir021621.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 16, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news