That effort monitors cases of COVID-19 in pregnant women across Canada.
Here in Alberta, a team lead by Castillo and her colleague Verena Kuret has collected data that shows 1,440 pregnant women have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
During the first and second wave, the province was seeing as many as between 20 to 50 cases of COVID-19 in pregnant individuals per week, but the new B.1.1.7 variant appears to be causing a spike.
In her latest data, 85 to 95 pregnant women from across Alberta tested positive within one week, and more than 60 per cent of those cases were the B.1.1.7 variant.
A Calgary doctor who specializes in prenatal care says Alberta hospitals have seen an increase of pregnant individuals seeking non-prenatal care in the past…
That effort monitors cases of COVID-19 in pregnant women across Canada.
Here in Alberta, a team lead by Castillo and her colleague Verena Kuret has collected data that shows 1,440 pregnant women have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
During the first and second wave, the province was seeing as many as between 20 to 50 cases of COVID-19 in pregnant individuals per week, but the new B.1.1.7 variant appears to be causing a spike.
In her latest data, 85 to 95 pregnant women from across Alberta tested positive within one week, and more than 60 per cent of those cases were the B.1.1.7 variant.