New bundles of joy: Hundreds of babies usher in the new year

Health workers delivered hundreds of newborn babies on New Year's Day.
Most were born in Gauteng. KwaZulu-Natal had the second-highest number of deliveries.
The usual celebrations for mothers and their newborns were cancelled at Free State hospitals due to Level 3 lockdown regul
ations.
After what has been a tumultuous 12 months for South Africans, hundreds of healthy and happy babies ushered in the new year.
Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal delivered the most New Year's babies. Gauteng welcomed 225 bundles of joy compared to KZN's 140.
Most of the babies who were born in Gauteng - 161, to be precise - were born at district hospitals and clinics. Academic and other large hospitals delivered 64 newborns.

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