Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – About 1,111 babies were born in Uzbekistan on 1 January 2020.

In particular, on 1 January 2020, 572 are boys, and 539 are girls, most of all newborns are registered in Samarkand region (141).

Also, according to the rating of newborns, Ferghana and Kashkadarya - 137 and 134 babies respectively are in top three. Four of the newborns are twins. At present, doctors all of them are providing qualified medical care according to certain standards.

In our country during this weekend in honor of the holiday, in addition to the 2,351 outpatient clinics existing in the system of the Ministry of Health, all hospitals of the district, regional and republican levels, emergency medical care institutions, scientific and practical medical centers and their regional branches, medical clinics higher educational institutions, in the country’s 218 maternity hospitals, health workers also serve the population on a watch basis. In the latter, about 230 teams of on-duty obstetricians are continuously working.

On 1 January 2019, until 19:00, 1,442 children were born in Uzbekistan.

Number of the population of the Republic of Uzbekistan as of 1 October 2019 was 33 million 724,500 people.