First on @TheLeadCNN:
A woman who suffered from severe Covid-19 complications and gave birth while in a medically induced coma met her baby for the first time Wednesday as she left the hospital, surrounded by cheering hospital workers.

Yanira Soriano, 36, was 34 weeks pregnant when she came to Northwell Health Southside Hospital on April 2, with contractions and difficulty breathing. She tested positive for Covid-19, and over the course of 24 hours, her oxygen levels kept decreasing.

The team decided to put the mom in a medically-induced coma in order to put her on a ventilator, and perform an emergency c-section.

The baby, a boy named Walter, was born on April 3 and taken to the NICU. He tested negative for the virus.

The mother remained at Northwell Health Southside Hospital in the ICU on a ventilator and chest tubes for 11 days.

On April 13, she was taken off the ventilator and has done “incredibly well,” said Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, OB-GYN and chair of the medical team that treated her.

Because the mom was in a medically-induced coma when her baby was delivered on April 3, she didn’t meet him until today when she left the hospital.

Healthcare workers at Northwell Southside Hospital lines the halls to cheer for her as she left.

This was her view: