Majority of the firecracker-related injuries during the New Year revelry were recorded in Metro Manila, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday.

Data from the DOH show that there are now 599 firecracker-related injuries—589 from actual firecracker injuries, mostly from piccolo, one firecracker ingestion and nine casualties from stray bullets.

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