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A total of 4,888 babies were born in the two metropolitan obstetrics and gynecological hospitals in 2022, the Metropolitan Municipality reported to BTA.

2,114 children were born in the First General Hospital "St. Sofia", 1,096 of which were boys.

A total of 2,774 children were born in "Sheynovo" hospital in 2022, which is more than 50 babies more than the previous year.

Plovdiv and Sofia in a race for the first baby of 2023

In the first two days of 2023, five babies were born in the municipal "St. Sofia" and eight babies in "Sheynovo".

For comparison, the children born in 2021 in the two municipal hospitals are only one more than in 2022 - 4,889 babies were born in the two municipal AG hospitals for the year 2021.

For 2021, Sheynovo Hospital set a record for the last ten years in the number of births.

The record was also set by the other municipal AG hospital - "St. Sofia", where from June 23 to 24, 2021, the most babies were born in one day - 21. 

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