This year’s fireworks-related injuries was 42 percent higher than the previous year’s 185 cases, but 15 percent lower compared to the five-year average of 308 cases during the same period, the DOH noted. READ:
Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police reported three injuries due to stray bullets.
There were also eight cases in Cagayan Valley, seven in Central Visayas, six in Soccsksargen, four in the Cordillera Administrative Region , three in Mimaropa, two each in Northern Mindanao and Davao Region, and one each in Eastern Visayas and Zamboanga Peninsula.Ninety-two of the victims sustained hand injuries, 75 in the eyes, 35 in the legs, 34 in the head, and 31 in the arms, the DOH said.
Police said a 64-year-old woman from Manila was hit by a stray bullet while on her way to her brother-in-law’s house.The Police Regional Office Cordillera earlier said two individuals were reportedly wounded in Abra after being hit by a stray bullet during the New Year revelry.
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