A new study looking at almost 600 hospitalized pregnant women with COVID-19 found that pregnant women can have severe illness, including need for ICU care, and adverse birth outcomes.

The CDC says more than half of women with COVID-19 had no symptoms.

Surveillance of pregnant women with COVID-19, including those who don’t have symptoms, is important to understand the short- and long-term consequences of COVID-19 for mothers and newborns.

Pregnant women are urged to take steps to slow the spread and protect themselves from COVID-19 during their pregnancy:
• Wear a mask consistently and correctly;
• Avoid large gatherings;
• Wash their hands often;
• Stay 6 feet apart from people who don’t live with them; and
• Continue to seek prenatal care.

You can read the new MMWR at http://bit.ly/6938e1.