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Abstract : Background: Pregnant women are uniquely susceptible to severe illnesses with a viral infection, possibly due to the shift from cellular to humoral immunity during pregnancy and puerperium. The relationship between clinically evident polyhydramnios in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) infection and poor perinatal outcome has not been evaluated. Case description: We describe a case of a 28-year-old pregnant female with mild systemic disease (ASA-II) having COVID-19 with moderate polyhydramnios who underwent an emergency cesarean section under spinal anesthesia due to fetal distress. She had class II obesity, cough, and fever with moderate COVID-19. Conclusion: Since COVID-19 is a viral infection, it may have caused placental insult due to cytokine storm during the pregnancy and resulted in polyhydramnios.