A recent model estimated that more than 16,000 pregnant women delivering at hospitals in the United States in 2020 will have COVID-19. The model also predicted there will be 52 COVID-19-related maternal mortalities, according to research published in the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM.  “We know that pregnancy alters the immune system and given the fact that the majority of American women deliver in a hospital setting, it creates a unique challenge in the fight against the novel coronavirus,” David N. Hackney, MD, director of maternal fetal medicine at UH Cleveland Medical Center, said in a press release.

 

 

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