182 pregnant women have tested positive for COVID-19 in Baja California

182 pregnant women have tested positive for COVID-19 in Baja California

During the COVID-19 cases update in Baja California, Health Secretary Alonso Perez Rico reported this Friday, August 28, that of the 307 pregnant women tested for coronavirus, at least 182 have turned out positive in week 35, "which is precisely August," Perez Rico said. According to the Secretary of Health, 98 of these pregnant women […]

Por SanDiegoRed Colaborador el August 28, 2020

During the COVID-19 cases update in Baja California, Health Secretary Alonso Perez Rico reported this Friday, August 28, that of the 307 pregnant women tested for coronavirus, at least 182 have turned out positive in week 35, "which is precisely August," Perez Rico said.



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According to the Secretary of Health, 98 of these pregnant women are from Mexicali, following Tijuana with 51.



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In addition, the expert mentioned that, unfortunately, there have been ten maternal deaths from coronavirus, most of which were from Tijuana; and added that "it is surprising that a relatively young woman should have a death derived from covid. This teaches us that there is no age in pregnancy when a woman can be saved."



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It is worth mentioning that of the ten pregnant women who lost the battle, three had hypertension, three had no comorbidities, two had diabetes, two more had another condition and of one it is unknown explained the Secretary of Health.

On the other hand, Baja California still has 452 active cases of coronavirus, 16 thousand 481 positive cases, 3 thousand and 92 deaths and 9 thousand 480 patients recovered.

If you know any pregnant woman we invite you to share this information with her so she can take care of herself and her baby.

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