A 28-year-old mother dies from Covid after giving birth in Gran Canaria

A 28-year-old woman, who gave birth by caesarean section due to the severity of her illness, has died from Covid at the Insular hospital in Las Palmas, as confirmed by the Ministry of Health of the Canary Government. The young woman had been in intensive care for twelve days, and the birth was brought forward due to the seriousness of her condition.

On August 15th, three days after her admission to ICU, she gave birth via caesarean section so that she could be treated for her respiratory infection, and the good news is that her baby is fine.

Up until last Friday, this young woman was the only one of the five pregnant women admitted to hospital for Covid in Canarian hospitals who was in Intensive Care. None of them were vaccinated against COVID.

Less than 30% of pregnant women in the Canary Islands have been vaccinated even though they are recommended to do so, as tests have shown it is completely safe with antigens found in the umbilical cord after the birth of the baby.

As of now, there are 10,739 pregnant women in the Canary Islands, 5,916 have had at least one dose of a Covid vaccine, 353 have not yet been vaccinated but have an appointment, 4,196 are not vaccinated and don’t yet have an appointment, and 274 have said they do not wish to be vaccinated.

92 people have died with coronavirus so far in August in the islands, which is already the second most lethal month of the pandemic after January when 103 fatalities were counted in total. The fall in infections that began at the start of August has been consolidated in the archipelago, but deaths continue to rise.