THREE days before the New Year celebration, the Department of Health (DoH) Epidemiology Bureau recorded 19 more firecracker injuries in Metro Manila and its suburbs, bringing the number of cases to at least 60 since the DoH started monitoring on December 21.

The cases were recorded in sentinel hospitals, including 32 from Metro Manila. Of the 32, 20 cases came from Manila; three from Mandaluyong City; two each from Pasig, Las Piñas and Quezon City; and one each from Navotas, Taguig and Valenzuela.

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