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US births declined in winter months amid COVID-19 pandemic, census shows

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new report from the U.S. Census Bureau showed the number U.S. births declined during the 2020-2021 winter months before showing signs of a rebound in March, but the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t totally to blame.The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 crisis a pandemic in March 2020, meaning the largest percentage of "pandemic babies" were born in December 2020.

However, comparing births during the pandemic versus pre-pandemic shows a significant drop. There were 285,138 births in December 2020.

That was 23,664, or more than 7%, fewer births than in December 2019, according to the bureau. The bureau also said on average, there were 763 fewer births each day in December 2020 than in December 2019.RELATED: Oklahoma couple welcomes rare.

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