COVID-19 contributed to a quarter of maternal deaths in U.S. from 2020 to 2021 --government report

COVID-19 contributed to a quarter of maternal deaths from 2020 to 2021, report finds Maternal deaths saw a sharp rise in 2020 and 2021, according to the CDC. A new report examines how many were due to COVID-19. YahooNews

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The report released Wednesday morning by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan government auditing agency, details maternal mortality disparities during the pandemic and how the virus contributed to overall maternal deaths.

Out of last year’s 1,178 reported maternal deaths, COVID-19 contributed to 401, according to the report. In 2020, the virus was behind almost 12% of maternal deaths.

COVID-19 contributed to roughly 25% of the more than 2,000 maternal deaths in the two years combined. ...