Welcome to the world Leaplings! Boston hospitals deliver leap year babies

BOSTON — Welcome to the world! Several hospitals across Boston welcomed many Leap Day babies on February 29th.

The chances of being born on a leap year are 1 in 1,461.

Hosptails including Tufts Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Salem Hospital, and Mass General for Children all welcomed leap day babies.

A leap day falls once every four years. Less than .1% of the world’s population are born on Feb. 29.

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Baby Mateo Baby Mateo (Beth Israel Lahey Health)

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