The first two babies born in Tucson in 2020 are girls.

Perla Tellez, 20, gave birth to her daughter at 1:49 a.m. Wednesday, officials at Tucson Medical Center say.

The yet unnamed girl weighed 8 pounds.

Hours later at Banner-University Medical Center, Jazmin Alvarez gave birth to her daughter, Amayah Santacruz, at 6:05 a.m.

Amayah weighed 6 pounds and 12 ounces, officials said.

Hospital officials commemorated her arrival with a baby gift basket, which included a car seat filled with toys and other baby supplies.


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Contact Star reporter Shaq Davis at 573-4218 or sdavis@tucson.com. On Twitter: @ShaqDavis1

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