National Health Service hospital affirmations in England were evaluated from April 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, utilizing yearly Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) information (April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2020) and month to month information accessible as Secondary Uses Service (April 1 to June 30, 2020). Information for a 5-month (December 2019 to May 2020) hybrid period between the 2 informational indexes were utilized to approve the consistency of stillbirths recording (eFigure in the Supplement). Stillbirth rates in HES were additionally contrasted and Office for National Statistics (ONS) common passings enlistments for stillbirths during 2016-2019 for approval. General Health England has endorsement to handle secret patient information for wellbeing security purposes without unequivocal assent under The Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002. There was no proof of any expansion in stillbirths locally or broadly during the COVID-19 pandemic in England when contrasted and the very months in the earlier year and regardless of variable network SARS-CoV-2 frequency rates in various regions.5 This differentiations with the discoveries from a solitary UK hospital4 and is consoling given the worries about patients, including pregnant ladies, accepting less administrations or being reluctant to get to medical services during the pandemic.
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