Birth rate could drop by 10% due to pandemic

<p>The Covid-19 pandemic <a href="../../../../../society-science/item/up-to-10-drop-in-birth-rate-predicted-due-to-pandemic" target="_blank">could cause a <strong>10% drop</strong> in Catalonia's birth rate</a>. The first available data on babies conceived during the health crisis – those born between December 2020 and February 2021 – shows a <strong>17.7% fall</strong> compared to the same period the year before. Babies born during those months would have been conceived between March and May 2020, when Catalonia was in complete lockdown.</p> / ACN

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First published: May 4, 2021 07:30 AM