69 babies in a week: twins born in maternity hospitals across Mykolaiv Oblast

69 babies were born in maternity wards across Mykolaiv region from October 12 to 18. Among the newborns was one set of twins. The regional health department published these weekly figures. According to oblzdrav.mk.gov.ua.

During this period, the region’s maternity wards welcomed:

• 28 girls;
• 41 boys.

The lowest birth weight among the newborns was 1,400 grams. The baby was born at the Pervomaisk Central City Multidisciplinary Hospital, a municipal non-profit enterprise of the Pervomaisk City Council.

Separate statistics for Mykolaiv, reported by the press service of the Mykolaiv City Council, cover a different period — October 9–16. During that time, 46 babies were born in the city:

• 16 girls;
• 30 boys.

We previously reported:

• 91 babies born in one week: twins among the newborns in Mykolaiv region
• Mykolaiv welcomes 39 babies in one week — including twins
• 115 more deaths than births: Mykolaiv’s August statistics
• Nearly 3 deaths for every newborn: what is happening to the population of Korabelnyi district
• Ukraine’s death rate is nearly four times its birth rate; 1,955 babies born in Mykolaiv region in the first half of the year