Pregnant, postpartum women severely affected in second Covid wave compared to first: ICMR study

Pregnant and postpartum women were more severely affected during the second Covid-19 wave in India as compared to the first, an ICMR study has found.

A study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that pregnant and postpartum women were more severely affected during the second Covid-19 wave in India as compared to the first, with case fatality rates and symptomatic cases being significantly higher this year. Cases linked to pregnant and postpartum women during the first wave and second wave were compared in the ICMR study. "Symptomatic cases were significantly higher at 28.7 per cent in the second wave (111/387), compared to the first wave (162/1143) when the proportion was 14.2 per cent," the apex research body said.