Abstract

The case fatality rate of Covid-19 in pregnancies published so far varies significantly. In our cohort of 515 women we had 3 maternal deaths due to three varying pathologies related to Covid-19. Our first case died due severe ARDS and a superimposed Pneumothorax, our second case the main cause of death was Septic shock and our third case developed Covid-19 encephalitis that resulted in brain death. There is currently only 10 maternal mortality cases described in detail in the literature. All our 3 cases were of South Asian origin, 2 of which had a BMI above 35.