The tragedy of COVID‐19 in Brazil: 124 maternal deaths and counting
The tragedy of COVID‐19 in Brazil: 124 maternal deaths and counting
M. Takemoto,M. O. Menezes,4 Authors,R. Knobel
2020 · DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.13300
230 Citations
TLDR
At the time of writing 124 pregnant or postpartum women in Brazil have died due to CO VID‐19 (representing a mortality rate of 12.7%), a figure that currently surpasses the total number of COVID‐19‐related maternal deaths reported throughout the rest of the world.
Abstract
At the time of writing 124 pregnant or postpartum women in Brazil have died due to COVID‐19 (representing a mortality rate of 12.7%), a figure that currently surpasses the total number of COVID‐19‐related maternal deaths reported throughout the rest of the world.