Table 3.

Study results for each included study

Reference	Time period	Number of maternal deaths	Number of live births	Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) [MMratio-LB]	Number of deliveries	Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 deliveries) [MMratio-D]	Change in maternal mortality ratio with COVID-19
Lumbreras-Marquez et al. 2020 [18], Mexico	Pre-COVID-19 era: 2019	690	2,218,649*	31			26.2%
	COVID-19 era: 1 January 2020–9 August 2020	523	1,233,491*	42
Gianella et al. 2021 [19], Peru	Pre-COVID-19 era: 2019	83	488,235*	17			50.0%
	COVID-19 era: 1 January 2020–28 November 2020	146	429,412*	34
Bell et al. 2020 [15], Uganda	Pre-COVID-19 era: 2019	1074			1,193,805	90	61.5%
	COVID-19 era: March 2020	167			71,489	234
Pattinson et al. 2020 [16,17], South Africa	Pre-COVID-19 era: January 2019-March 2020	1190	1,197,247	99	1,222,158	97	15.4% (MMratio-LB) 14.9% (MMratio-D)
	COVID-19 era: April-December 2020	866	742,957	117	757,629	114
Shikuku et al. Pre-publication [20], Kenya	Pre-COVID-19 era: March to June 2019	373	385,996	97	394,852	94	8.5% (MMratio-LB) 8.7% (MMratio-D)
	COVID-19 era: March to June 2020	412	389,437	106	398,538	103
Kumari, Mehta and Choudhary, 2020 [21], India	Pre-COVID-19 era: 15 January 2020 to 24 March 2020	8*			6209	129	35.8%
	COVID-19 era: 25 March 2020 to 2 June 2020	7*			3527	198
Goyal et al. 2021 [22], India	Pre-COVID-19 era: 1 October 2019 to 29 February 2020	0			1062	0	-
	COVID-19 era: 1 April 2020–31 August 2020	2			583	343

*Extrapolated from percentages/rates reported in paper; MM = Maternal Mortality; LB = Live births; D = deliveries