Seven babies made their debut at the hospital in the space of just 24 hours, it was revealed yesterday.

The births of five boys and two girls happened between Tuesday and the early hours of Wednesday at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said such a high number of births was unusual, but not unprecedented.

She added that the last time so many births had been recorded in such a short space of time was 2017, but that similar events had happened about 14 times “in recent history”, with the highest number being nine births in a similar time frame.

The spokeswoman commended hospital staff for their professionalism over a busy day.

The parents and babies born on Tuesday and Wednesday are:

Gina Liburd and Wayne Wales, daughter Glow Gentle Wales, 11.04am January 29, 2019

Ouafae Hajjioui and Kevin Daley, son Ryan, 11.54am January 29;

Lichel Tumulak and Mario Ferraro, son, 1.55pm, January 29;

Kristen and Daniel Heinlein, son Hayes Heinlein, 5.28pm January 29;

Brittany Bean and Leon Weekes, daughter Maci Barstowe-Weekes, 6.39pm January 29;

Yuedi Ding and Alvin Du, son Jackson Du, 11.41pm January 29, and

Vanessa and Michael Thompson, whose son has not yet been named, 5.41am January 30.