The tragedy of COVID‐19 in Brazil: 124 maternal deaths and counting

Maíra Libertad Soligo Takemoto, Mariane de Oliveira Menezes, Carla Betina Andreucci, Marcos Nakamura‐Pereira, Melânia Maria Ramos Amorim, Leila Katz, Roxana Knobel

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics · 2020 · 319 citations · 8 references

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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.

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