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. 2022 Mar 16;376:e067696. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-067696

Table 3.

Outcomes in SARS-CoV-2 positive babies born to mothers with covid-19 in all studies by severity of maternal disease (cohort, case series, and case reports). Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise

Offspring outcome Term babies with a positive test result (≥ 37 weeks) Preterm babies and early pregnancy with a positive test result (<37 weeks) Babies with a positive test result (gestation not known) All babies with a positive test result
Mild (n=185) Severe (n=10) Severity not known (n=84) Total (n=279) Mild (n=154) Severe (n=26) Severity not known (n=60) Total (n=240) Mild (n=112) Severe (n=33) Severity not known (n=903) Total (n=1048) Mil (n=451) Severe (n=69) Severity not known (n=1047) Total (n=1567)
Alive at end of follow-up 173 (69) 10 (4) 67 (27) 250 96 (62) 21 (13) 39 (25) 156 90 (13) 1 (0) 607 (87) 698 359 (32) 32 (3) 713 (65) 1104
Miscarriage or abortion 0 9 (100) 9 0 9 (100) 9
Stillbirth 1 (50) 1 (50) 2 33 (80) 2 (5) 6 (15) 41 9 (43) 1 (5) 11 (52) 21 43 (67) 3 (5) 18 (28) 64
Neonatal death 5 (100) 5 11 (55) 2 (10) 7 (35) 20 2 (18) 9 (82) 11 18 (50) 2 (6) 16 (44) 36
Not known 6 (27) 16 (73) 22 5 (36) 1 (7) 8 (57) 14 11 (3) 31 (10) 276 (87) 318 22 (6) 32 (9) 300 (85) 354
*

Either one of severe symptoms of covid-19, admission to intensive care unit, or maternal death.