Maternal death: learning from maternal death investigations during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, HSIB

Out of the 19 maternal deaths included in the review, six women died from complications due to COVID-19 and it was the leading indirect cause of death. All of the six women were from BAME backgrounds. PE caused the death of three women and was the leading direct cause of death.
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