Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 4) — Four days into 2023, firecracker-related injuries in New Year revelry continued to climb with 15 more cases, raising the total to 277.
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The Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday that the number of such injuries is 49% higher compared to 2021, when there were 186 cases.
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DOH also recorded a total of 77 cases of eye injuries and 17 cases of blast or burn injuries resulting in amputation.
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There were no reported cases of fireworks ingestion and deaths, and no additional incidents of stray bullets aside from one elderly woman earlier injured in Manila.
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