Her mother gave birth days after being hospitalized for coronavirus symptoms.

BATON ROUGE, La. — A pregnant woman being treated for COVID-19 went into premature labor and delivered a child "at extreme prematurity," according to Baton Rouge Coroner Dr. Beau Clark. The child did not survive while the mother continues to be hospitalized on a ventilator.

Clark said the child was born approximately under 22 weeks, an age at which it is hard for a child to survive. Clark said that because the mother likely went into premature labor due to the lack of oxygen caused by coronavirus, that the death of the child would be listed as COVID-19-related.

"Unfortunately... she went into pre-term labor and delivered the baby prematurely and because of the extreme prematurity, the baby did not survive."

Clark said test results that would show whether or not the infant was coronavirus-positive have not come back yet.

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