Pregnant women who become infected with the delta variant are at increased risk of a stillbirth or dying during childbirth, according to two new studies
, according to two new studies published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday.in pregnant women becoming critically ill with COVID-19, particularly as the highly contagious variant has taken hold.
One of the new studies analyzed the outcomes of more than 1.2 million pregnancies nationwide between March 2020 and September of this year. And once the delta variant took hold in July this year, the rates rose exponentially: 2.7% of COVID-positive pregnancies ended in stillbirth. Ragsdale said she and her colleagues have noted that pregnant women with COVID-19 have a difficult time getting oxygen-rich blood to their growing fetuses.
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