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. 2020 Oct;151(1):154-156.
doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13300. Epub 2020 Jul 29.

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

Maira L S Takemoto  1 , Mariane de O Menezes  1 , Carla B Andreucci  2 , Marcos Nakamura-Pereira  3 , Melania M R Amorim  4 , Leila Katz  4 , Roxana Knobel  5
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The tragedy of COVID-19 in Brazil: 124 maternal deaths and counting

Maira L S Takemoto et al. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2020 Oct.

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.

Keywords: COVID-19; Health services accessibility; Health status indicators; Maternal death; Maternal mortality; SARS-CoV-2.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest.

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