To date, the CDC said it is aware of 11,312 pregnant women who have tested positive for COVID-19. Of that amount, Hispanic and Latino women accounted for more than 4,500 cases, with 3,252 hospitalized and 31 who have died.
who have tested positive for COVID-19. Of that amount, Hispanic and Latino women accounted for more than 4,500 cases, with 3,252 hospitalized and 31 who have died.
"Pregnant women had more severe outcomes than non-pregnant women, they were hospitalized at five times the rate of pregnant women with COVID-19 compared to non-pregnant women with COVID-19 and they were more likely to go into ICU for critical care," said Nakhasi."But the interesting thing is pregnant women with COVID-19 have lower mortality rates.
A pregnant woman wearing a face mask and gloves holds her belly as she waits in line for groceries at St. Mary's Church in Waltham, Mass, May 7, 2020.Ramos gave birth to her son in late April without any complications. He was tested for COVID-19 soon after being born but the result was negative.
"People are starting to finally deconstruct the data but for a long time we've known anecdotally, that the Latino community has been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus," said Ana Marie Argilagos, president of Hispanics in Philanthropy, a fundraising and grant-making organization which seeks to strengthen Latino leadership.
Argilagos also says that because Latinos typically work essential jobs, they cannot stay at home to telework.can work from home," Argilagos told ABC News."They work in agriculture, construction, transportation. They are invisible in terms of receiving protections and support but they are the ones keeping the country going.""We've seen this impact all segments of the population within the Latino or the Black community," Nakhasi told ABC News.
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