The Isle of Wight has seen a 40% rise in the number of babies being registered here, thanks to what is being dubbed the COVID baby boom.
Data from the Office for National Statistics, combined with local register office figures, reveal the number of babies registered compared with pre-pandemic times.
Birth registrations on the Isle of Wight were up 40% between December 2020 (9 months after the start of the pandemic) and July 2021, when compared to data for the same period over 2019 and 2020.
Overall, nearly 1,300 babies have been registered on the Island since the start of the pandemic (March 2020), while more than 500 were conceived and have subsequently been born here since the UK first went into lockdown.
According to the data, June 2021 was the peak birthday month for ‘COVID baby’ registrations locally. Working back 9 months, September 2020 came out as the month when the most COVID babies were conceived on the Island.
What else was there to do
Moan about the island and say it is getting too crowded, I guess was an option.
Chew on a carrot? That’s what my rabbit did.
Let’s just hope it’s mainly decent people and not the usual chavvy types who are churning them out.