COVID-19: Baby boom or bust?
Hospital birth information suggests that didnât happen in Lancaster County. The countyâs three hospital systems â Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, UPMC Lititz and WellSpan Health â recorded 6,145 births in 2020. Thatâs slightly more than the 6,086 births in 2019, a roughly 1% increase, but less than the 6,259 in 2018. Hospital births account for the majority of babies born in Lancaster County but not all. The Pennsylvania Department of Health has not yet released 2020 data. LNP | LancasterOnline was able to examine births from the countyâs health systems g...
Source: lancasteronline.com