Clinical characteristics and evolution of 71 neonates born to mothers with COVID-19 at a tertiary center in Brazil

•This study's main objective is to describe the clinical characteristics and evolution from birth to discharge of 71 neonates born to unvaccinated women with COVID-19 with RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 positive within fourteen days prior to delivery in a Brazilian hospital.•The neonatal SARS-CoV-2 positivity rate was 2.8% and these newborns had few clinical symptoms.•The prematurity rate was 63.4%, indicating that maternal disease may lead to neonatal complications associated with a higher prematurity rate.