The death of a baby in East Baton Rouge Parish was COVID-19 related, health officials said in an update.The baby girl was pronounced dead Monday, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office.In an update from the coroner's office, the baby's mother was admitted to an area hospital last week with COVID-19 symptoms. The mother tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed on a ventilator.Coroner William "Beau" Clark said the COVID-19 symptoms caused the mother to go into pre-term labor, delivering her baby prematurely.The baby, who had been in the womb for 22 weeks, did not survive. A full-term pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks. The coroner's office said it's treating the baby's death as COVID-19 related based on guidance from state epidemiologists and because the mother tested positive.The coroner's office said the baby has not test positive for COVID-19 but would be tested. More than 400 Louisianians have died of COVID-19.Among the others who died of COVID-19 in East Baton Rouge Parish were a 90-year-old woman, a 71-year-old man and a 66-year-old man.For more information on the impact of the coronavirus on pregnancy, go here.

The death of a baby in East Baton Rouge Parish was COVID-19 related, health officials said in an update.

The baby girl was pronounced dead Monday, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office.




In an update from the coroner's office, the baby's mother was admitted to an area hospital last week with COVID-19 symptoms. The mother tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed on a ventilator.

Coroner William "Beau" Clark said the COVID-19 symptoms caused the mother to go into pre-term labor, delivering her baby prematurely.

The baby, who had been in the womb for 22 weeks, did not survive. A full-term pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks. The coroner's office said it's treating the baby's death as COVID-19 related based on guidance from state epidemiologists and because the mother tested positive.

The coroner's office said the baby has not test positive for COVID-19 but would be tested.

More than 400 Louisianians have died of COVID-19.

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Among the others who died of COVID-19 in East Baton Rouge Parish were a 90-year-old woman, a 71-year-old man and a 66-year-old man.

For more information on the impact of the coronavirus on pregnancy, go here.