 outcomes of neonates born to mothers with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection at a large medical center in new york city in this cohort analysis of the first 101 neonates born to mothers with perinatal sars cov 2 infections at a single institution 2 2 0% had positive test results for sars cov 2 but none had clinical evidence of coronavirus disease 2019 covid 19 despite most infants rooming in with mothers and direct breastfeeding fifty five infants were followed up in the first 2 weeks of life in a new covid 19 newborn follow up clinic all of whom remained healthy 