Table 4

Pregnancy outcomes for women admitted with SARS-CoV-2 infection during the period when omicron was the dominant variant, by admission group in the UK between 15 December 2021 and 14 March 2022

With symptoms (n=986)Without symptoms (n=2713)
No% (95% CI)No% (95% CI)
Known to have been discharged while still pregnant*31431.9 (29.0 to 34.9)29310.8 (9.7 to 12.0)
Pregnant, not known to have been discharged*11511.7 (9.8 to 13.8)1355.0 (4.2 to 5.
Pregnancy outcome known:†55656.4 (53.3 to 59.5)2 28584.2 (82.8 to 85.6)
Pregnancy loss101.0 (0.5 to 1.9)521.9 (1.5 to 2.5)
Births54655.4 (52.3 to 58.5)2 23382.3 (80.8 to 83.7)
Gestation at birth (weeks+days):‡
<2200.010.1 (0.0 to 0.3)
22+0-27+640.7 (0.2 to 2.0)150.7 (0.4 to 1.1)
28+0-33+6203.7 (2.4 to 5.6)482.2 (1.6 to 2.9)
34+0-36+66311.6 (9.1 to 14.6)1747.8 (6.8 to 9.0)
37+0 or more45784.0 (80.7 to 86.9)1 98289.3 (87.9 to 90.5)
Missing data213
Birth expedited due to covid-19‡234.2 (2.8 to 6.3)00.0
Mode of birth:‡
Caesarean before labour onset15829.1 (25.4 to 33.1)54024.3 (22.5 to 26.1)
Caesarean after labour onset8315.3 (12.5 to 18.6)32514.6 (13.2 to 16.1)
Operative vaginal509.2 (7.0 to 12.0)25811.6 (10.3 to 13.0)
Unassisted vaginal25246.4 (42.3 to 50.6)1 10249.5 (47.5 to 51.6)
Missing data38
  • *Excluding one woman who died while still pregnant.

  • †Pregnancy outcome information received by UKOSS in primary report or in supplementary update before 19 April 2022.

  • ‡ Births to women with known pregnancy outcome as denominator, excluding pregnancy loss.