'We can all play a role in helping prevent additional and unnecessary maternal deaths from Covid-19,' write Kristina Box, Denise Jamieson and Judy Monroe for CNNOpinion
Kristina Box, MD, FACOG, is state health commissioner for Indiana. Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, is chair of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University School of Medicine and chief of gynecology and obstetrics for Emory Healthcare. Judy Monroe, MD, is president and CEO of the CDC Foundation and former state health commissioner for Indiana. The views expressed in this commentary belong to the authors. View more opinion at CNN.
Data released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there have been more than 128,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases among people who are pregnant, including more than 22,000 hospitalizations and 180 deaths since the pandemic began. Among these, there were 22 deaths in August alone.
Kristina BoxDenise JamiesonJudy Monroe To some, 180 deaths may not seem all that significant compared to the more than 700,000 people in the United States who have died since the pandemic began, but each life lost to Covid-19 is tragic. As physicians, we can also tell you 180 deaths in those who are pregnant in a little over a year and a half from one disease is truly alarming, especially since there are typically around 700 maternal deaths each year in the United States.
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