Introduction:

The medical profession is based on the study and treatment of COVID-19, a disease caused by a new coronavirus, called 2019-nCoV. Pregnant women are a high-risk population group for this entity.

Objective:

To describe the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of pregnant women suspected and positive for covid-19 admitted to the HMC Dr. "Luis Díaz Soto", in the period from 16 March to 31 May 2020.

Material and Methods:

A descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study was carried out. The sample was made up of 56 patients. Two study groups were created, the first with patients suspected of the disease, and the second with positive patients. The variables used were age, associated comorbidity, gestational age, presence of symptoms and source of infection. The information obtained was collected from the medical records of pregnant women.

Results:

Patients suspected had an average age of 25 years, 51.0 % were in the third trimester of pregnancy, 87.7% had symptoms on admission, 40.8 % had no comorbidity, and 75.5 % had no source of infection. The positive patients had an average age of 27 years, 66.6 % were in the first trimester, and 83.3 % were asymptomatic, and had no comorbidity. 50% were positive case contact.

Conclusions:

There were clinical and epidemiological differences between the patients suspected and positive for COVID-19.

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