Woman Dies Of COVID Weeks After Giving Birth

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. – (WPXI) – Despite the mask mandate being dropped and steadily increasing numbers of people getting vaccinated, COVID-19 hasn’t gone completely away yet. A local family is now left without a mother due to the virus. “It was very hard. She was just laying there with a tube down her throat,” said Ty Barlow. 39-year-old Katie Barr of Bridgeville was diagnosed with COVID-19 on May 11 and gave birth to her fourth child two days later. After birth, the complications from the virus continued, eventually landing her in the ICU at UPMC Presbyterian hospital for the last three weeks of her life. Barr died on Sunday. She leaves behind her children – ages 7, 5, 2 and a 6-week-old baby girl.