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Thirteen 'mostly unvaccinated' pregnant women have died from Covid since July, yet expectant mothers are still being turned away from clinics despite medical advice that jabs are safe.
New data from the University of Oxford's MBRRACE-UK study on maternal health has shown that at least 13 pregnant women died with coronavirus between July and September this year, with 85 per cent of them believed to have been unvaccinated.
The data shows that the figure is higher than in the first and second waves of the pandemic, where nine and 11 pregnant women died when jabs were not yet available, reports The Guardian.
It comes as ministers have been urged to prioritise reaching those who have yet to take up their jab as efforts to increase booster uptake are unlikely to prevent further deaths and hospitalisations.
The Department of Health said there were 40,954 new infections in the past 24 hours, marking a 6 per cent fall on the figure last Tuesday
A total of 263 deaths were recorded on Tuesday, up almost 18 per cent in a week — the highest figure since March. However, fatalities have also been skewed upwards the technical fault at Public Health Wales
Only around 15 per cent
