On average, the U.S. sees about 55 maternal deaths a month. In August of 2021, 22 pregnant people died of COVID-19 alone, the highest toll of any single month during the pandemic.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, well over 100,000 pregnant women have caught COVID, making the disease a leading cause of maternal mortality in the US for the past 2 years.
The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review.