TABLE 3. Birth outcomes among 93 pregnant women hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection, by reason for admission and symptom status, and with pregnancy outcomes before July 31, 2020 — eight U.S. health care centers, March 1–May 30, 2020.
| Characteristic | No.
(%) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All pregnant women hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection (N = 93) | Reason for
admission |
|||
| COVID-19 (no obstetric reason) (N = 32) | Obstetric,* symptomatic (N = 12) | Obstetric,† asymptomatic (N = 49) | ||
|
Time from mother’s
symptom onset to delivery,§ days, median
(range)
|
20 (0–103) |
39 (0–103) |
4 (0–72) |
N/A |
|
Gestational age of fetus or
infant at delivery, wks, median (range)
|
39 (31–41) |
38 (31–41) |
39 (32–40) |
39 (33–41) |
|
Preterm
delivery
|
14 (15.1)¶ |
5 (15.6)** |
2 (16.7) |
7 (14.3) |
|
Mode of
delivery
| ||||
| Vaginal |
65 (69.9) |
20 (62.5) |
7 (58.3) |
38 (77.6) |
| Caesarean |
28 (30.1) |
12 (37.5) |
5 (41.7) |
11 (22.4) |
|
NICU
admission
|
16 (17.2) |
3 (9.4) |
2 (16.7) |
11(22.4) |
| Stillbirth†† | 3 (3.2) | None | 2 (16.7) | 1 (2.0) |
Abbreviations: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; NICU = neonatal intensive care unit.
* Includes delivery, pyelonephritis, preeclampsia, and fetal monitoring after motor vehicle accident in pregnancy.
† Includes delivery, vaginal bleeding, and placenta previa.
§ Defined as the date of birth of fetus or infant.
¶ Median gestational age among preterm deliveries = 34 wks.
** Includes three pregnant women with COVID-19 with respiratory distress in whom labor was induced.
†† Fetal death occurring at ≥20 wks’ gestation.