COVID-19 during pregnancy
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COVID-19 during pregnancy

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    National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
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    Updated July 1, 2022

    Although the overall risks are low:

    • People who are pregnant or recently pregnant are more likely to get very sick from COVID-19 compared to people who are not pregnant.

    • Severe illness includes illness that may require admission to an intensive care unit (ICU), ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO, an advanced life support technique used for patients with life-threatening heart and/or lung problems), and may even result in death.

    • People who have COVID-19 during pregnancy are also at increased risk for complications that can affect their pregnancy and developing baby. For example, COVID-19 during pregnancy increases the risk of delivering a preterm (earlier than 37 weeks) and/or a stillborn infant.

    • The emergence of the Delta variant in June of 2021 was associated with an even greater risk for severe outcomes for pregnant people, including an increase in ICU admissions, an increase in required medical interventions such as invasive ventilation and ECMO, and an increased number of deaths than was previously reported in the pre-Delta period (January 1, 2020 – June 26, 2021).

    Since January 2020, health departments have reported cases of COVID-19 to CDC, including cases diagnosed in people who were pregnant. CDC will report the available data on its website through July 19, 2022.

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