CORDILLERA – The Department of Health-Cordillera recorded 17 additional cases of  Firework-Related Injury (FWRI) as of January 2, bringing a total 42 injuries and one stray bullet injury in the region.

The province of Abra listed higher number of FWRI cases to 9, followed by 8 in Baguio City; 8 in Kalinga;  7 in Benguet; 4 each in Apayao and Mt.Province and 1 in Ifugao.

The age range of cases is from 4 to 84 years old (median of 16 years) and no death was reported.

Majority of injured cases are males with 32 cases. Eleven cases sustained eye injury;26 cases had blast/burn injuries without amputation; three case of blast/burn injury with amputation, and one with multiple injuries.

The stray bullet injury was reported from Kalinga, the case is a 16-year-old female.