Baby bust: Chennai couples behind closed doors play it safe

As the pandemic scare locked the city down and pushed people behind closed doors, many thought it may lead to a baby boom. But Chennai, as usual, has upended expectations to record its biggest slump in births — nearly 42% drop in April 2021 compared to the same period last year. The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), as per its website, issued 4,094 birth certificates in April 2021. It was 7,030 in April 2020.

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