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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
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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.