Prepandemic | Lockdown 1 | Between lockdown 1 and 2 | Lockdown 2 | Entire pandemic period | |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Number of women | 1161.4 (56.9) | 1074.3 (33.2) | 1103.2 (30.4) | 1006.2 (60.9) | 1075.8 (52.7) |
Number of deliveries | 1192.8 (58.8) | 1090.7 (35.0) | 1117.0 (32.6) | 1016.7 (60.0) | 1089.8 (54.4) |
Number of live births | 1187.4 (58.3) | 1086.6 (34.7) | 1112.8 (31.9) | 1011.8 (59.4) | 1085.4 (54.2) |
Number of stillbirths | 4.9 (2.1) | 3.6 (2.5) | 3.7 (1.7) | 3.5 (2.2) | 3.6 (2.0) |
Number of antenatal transfers | 8.1 (3.1) | 6.2 (2.8) | 5.9 (2.7) | 3.0 (2.3) | 5.4 (2.9) |
EPT admissions | 3.1 (2.0) | 2.8 (1.8) | 1.9 (1.5) | 2.6 (2.2) | 2.3 (1.7) |
HIE admissions | 1.6 (1.3) | 1.4 (0.9) | 1.6 (1.2) | 1.1 (1.1) | 1.4 (1.1) |
MAS admissions | 0.7 (0.9) | 0.6 (0.8) | 1.0 (0.9) | 0.5 (0.9) | 0.8 (0.9) |
EPT transfers | 1.0 (0.9) | 1.3 (1.1) | 0.6 (0.7) | 0.9 (1.1) | 0.9 (0.9) |
HIE transfers | 0.6 (0.8) | 0.6 (0.7) | 0.7 (0.7) | 0.2 (0.5) | 0.6 (0.7) |
MAS transfers | 0.6 (0.9) | 0.6 (0.7) | 0.7 (0.9) | 0.2 (0.7) | 0.6 (0.8) |
Prepandemic: 29 December 2014 to 22 March 2020; lockdown 1: 23 March 2020 to 14 June 2020; between lockdown 1 and 2: 15 June 2020 to 8 November 2020; lockdown 2: 9 November 2020 to 3 January 2021; entire pandemic period: 23 March 2020 to 3 January 2021; antenatal transfers: number of women transferred at <27 weeks’ GA, or <28 weeks' GA if multiple pregnancy.
EPT, extreme preterm (<27 weeks of GA); GA, gestational age; HIE, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (defined as babies 36+ weeks’ GA who received active cooling within 48 hours of delivery); MAS, meconium aspiration syndrome (defined as babies 36+ weeks’ GA who received inhaled nitric oxide within 5 days of delivery).