New York’s first baby born in 2021 arrives at Brooklyn hospital at midnight

New York’s first babies in 2021 were born at midnight on the verge.

Mum Ivett Rodriguez and dad Antonio Guilbert greeted Jaxel Rodriguez the minute the ball dropped on Friday morning.

Jaxel was born weighing 6 pounds. 11 ounces. and standing 19 inches in Coney Island Hospital, according to the NYC Health + Hospitals Instagram account.

Mum Ivett Rodriguez and dad Antonio Guilbert welcomed their third child, Jaxel Rodriguez, the minute the ball dropped on Friday morning

Jaxel was born 6 lbs. 11 ounces. and 19 inches tall at Coney Island Hospital, according to NYC Health + Hospitals Instagram account

He is the third child of Ivett and Antonio, who called him ‘the best gift of the new year’

Jaxel managed to step into the world when 2020 officially ended.

He is the third child of Ivett and Antonio, who called him “the best gift of the new year”.

The photos show the little boy wearing a matching hospital jumpsuit and hat and being cuddled by his smiling mother.

According to the New York Post, two babies tied up as the first to be born in 2020 last year.

Parents Michelle and Anthony Saraceno of Staten Island welcomed their first child, Anthony, to the University of Richmond Medical Center at midnight on January 1, 2020.

Meanwhile, Jennet and Artyom Zobnin welcomed their son Aidan at midnight at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn.

According to UNICEF, around 371,504 babies will be born around the world on New Years Day.

What’s more, more than half of those births will likely take place in 10 countries, including India, China and Nigeria, which will have the most – followed by Pakistan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, United States. United, Egypt, Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of Congo.