id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-347119-w780f0om Blitz, Matthew J. Race/ethnicity and spatiotemporal trends in SARS-CoV-2 prevalence on obstetrical units in New York 2020-08-17 .txt text/plain 923 65 58 We evaluated 7 temporal trends, regional geographic variation, and racial/ethnic disparity in SARS-CoV-8 2 prevalence among gravid women presenting to obstetrical units within a large health 9 system in New York during the COVID-19 outbreak. This retrospective study included all pregnant women who had SARS-CoV-2 testing 13 (both symptomatic and asymptomatic) at 7 hospitals within a 30-mile radius from April 14 1, 2020, before the peak of the outbreak in New York State, 4 to June 9, 2020. Of 4,811 pregnant women presenting to the 7 hospital sites after implementation of 38 universal SARS-CoV-2 testing, PCR results were obtained for 4,674 patients: 500 39 (11%) were positive. Non-Hispanic black women 50 constituted 12% (n=567) of the study population, had a test positivity rate of 14% 51 Considerable heterogeneity in SARS-CoV-2 prevalence was observed across hospitals 64 in the region (p<0.0001; Table 1 ). ./cache/cord-347119-w780f0om.txt ./txt/cord-347119-w780f0om.txt