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‘Significant upswing’: record number of babies born in NSW in second quarter of 2021
More than 19,000 babies were born from April to June – a 9% spike compared to the same period last year
The number of babies born in New South Wales hospitals has reached the highest level since the state began keeping records a decade ago, despite expert predictions the Covid pandemic was unlikely to spark a baby boom.
The latest report from the state’s Bureau of Health Information, released on Wednesday, reveals that 19,113 babies were born in public hospitals across NSW in the April to June quarter of 2021.
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