Vaccination rates among pregnant people low despite risk of hospitalization, death

Vaccination rates among pregnant people low despite risk of hospitalization, death: Live COVID-19 updates Only 18% of pregnant people have received a dose, Michigan adopts a new definition of COVID outbreak at K-12 schools. Latest updates Jeanine Santucci and Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY YahooNews

While new data shows overall racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccinations are improving, federal numbers show pregnant Black people are the least vaccinated compared to those expecting in other races. Just 15% of Black pregnant people are fully vaccinated and only 13% have received at least one dose, according to the CDC. Women giving birth while having COVID-19 had “significantly higher rates” of ICU admission, intubation, ventilation and death, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. In August alone, 21 pregnant people died of COVID-19, according to the CDC. Scientists have said vaccines are safe to be taken at any time while pregnant or breastfeeding for both mother and baby.