Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Many parents were left terrified as they were forced to welcome their little ones into the scary world of the coronavirus pandemic.
Over the course of a year, from March of 2020 to March 2021, Manchester gave birth to more than 17,000 babies at one of the most perilous moments for health care in the recent history.
At almost two babies per hours, every day, there were also more than 1,600 newborns admitted to the intensive care unit, requiring lifesaving surgery and specialist treatment. READ MORE:The faces of Manchester's frontline fight against Covid-19 unmasked - meet some of the incredible nurses who saved thousands of lives For the nurses and