Brazil Welcomes First Babies of 2026 in Early‑Hour Deliveries

Overview

• Miguel was delivered by cesarean at 00:00:20 at Hospital Municipal Miguel Couto and Ayla was born at 00:01 at Herculano Pinheiro in Rio, according to the city health department.
• Emergency teams handled urgent cases safely, including Oliver’s birth inside a SAMU ambulance in Mongaguá and an emergency cesarean for Isaías in São José dos Campos after placental complications.
• In state tallies, Roraima’s first baby was Iudi Raniel, an Indigenous Macuxi boy born at 00:35 via emergency cesarean in Boa Vista, while Amapá recorded Lia Eloah at 01:47 in Macapá by normal delivery.
• Cities reported their first arrivals within minutes of the new year: Maria Beatriz at 00:04 in Campo Grande, Arthur at 02:36 in Santarém, Ísis Hellena at 01:22 in Jundiaí, and Matteo Henrique at 01:12 in Cuiabá.
• Hospitals and health secretariats provided names, precise times, birth weights and delivery modes, with updates continuing through the morning as families and care teams marked the year’s first births.