DoH logs 557 fireworks injuries
The Department of Health on Wednesday recorded 114 new cases of fireworks-related injuries, bringing the total cases to 557.
Per the department's latest bulletin, the new cases include a 10-month-old boy in the National Capital Region who was injured by a legal skyrocket lit by someone at his home.
The new cases also include a 77-year-old male in the Ilocos Region who was burned by a legal whistle bomb, which was also lit by someone else.
The baby boy and the 77-year-old male were the youngest and the oldest victims of fireworks-related injuries.
The DoH said about 97 percent of the new cases occurred at home and in the streets. The majority, or 59 percent, of the new cases were due to legal fireworks.
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More than half of the 557 cases, or 306, were recorded in Metro Manila, followed by the Ilocos Region with 55 cases, Central Luzon with 42 cases, and CALABARZON with 39 cases.
The fireworks that caused at least 64 percent of the injuries were skyrockets, 5-star, pla-pla, boga, whistle bombs, sparklers and fountains.
According to the department, its fireworks-related injuries surveillance unit continues to receive reports of fireworks incidents.
Jom Garner @tribunephl_jom
