Life After losing their moms to COVID-19, some would rather Mother’s Day not ‘exist at all’ May 7, 2021May 9, 2021 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY Comments Off on After losing their moms to COVID-19, some would rather Mother’s Day not ‘exist at all’ More than 250,000 women have died of COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of them were mothers.