Pregnant and postpartum individuals experience significantly higher risks of severe COVID-19-related hospitalizations compared to nonpregnant women even after the pandemic emergency period.
During the Delta variant surge, pregnant individuals showed markedly elevated relative risks for COVID-19 hospitalization, pneumonia hospitalization, and severe composite outcomes.
Although absolute risks declined postpandemic emergency, the relative risk of COVID-19 hospitalization during pregnancy remains more than four-fold greater than in nonpregnant women.
Postpartum individuals also continue to demonstrate increased risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes, underscoring the vulnerability across the peripartum period.
