COVID-19 infection among pregnant and non-pregnant women: Comparison of biochemical markers and outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic, A retrospective cohort study

& Objectives: We conducted this single-centered retrospective study including female patients infected with COVID-19 with aim to compare laboratory findings and the outcomes between pregnant and non-pregnant women infected with COVID-19. Previous data rendered pregnant women as vulnerable population for COVID-19. We included 131 patients in our analysis out of which 60 were pregnant females and rest 71 were non-pregnant females. Factors like fatigue, total leukocyte count (TLC) and neutrophils were higher in pregnant patients, while mean age, fever, hemoglobin, ferritin, D-dimer and use of mechanical ventilation was lower in pregnant patients as compared to non-pregnant females. Our study concluded that COVID-19 do not show significant high risk of disease severity when compared with non-pregnant females of similar age group. •Previous studies reported that pregnant women are vulnerable population appearing to be at higher risk of morbidity and mortality from COVID-19.•Our study concluded that COVID-19 do not show significant high risk of disease severity in pregnancy when compared with non-pregnant females of similar age group.