The number of pregnant individuals who died of COVID-19 spiked sharply in August and September, with greater than two dozen deaths recorded in every of these months, in accordance with data launched this week by the U.S. The number of pregnant individuals who contracted COVID-19 also elevated sharply over the summer time months, based on CDC knowledge, reaching numbers of instances not seen since earlier than the vaccine was made widely out there earlier this year. Now, as the omicron variant spreads across the united states, with what is believed to be a high diploma of transmissibility, the director of the CDC said she is “very concerned” about those who stay unvaccinated. More than 25,000 pregnant people have been hospitalized since the begin of the pandemic, and greater than one hundred fifty,000 circumstances of COVID-19 have been confirmed in pregnant individuals, in accordance with the CDC.
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