This is slightly higher than last year but the agency did not hesitate to call its anti-firecracker drive successful.
Roderick Boyd Cerro, chief of the DOH regional epidemiology and surveillance unit, said all cases are minor blasts and there was no single victim of stray bullet.
Majority or 80 percent of cases were injured due to "piccolo" ignited by children below 11 years old.
“We still consider the 'Iwas Paputok' campaign successful since injuries this year were less serious than in the previous years,” he said.
Of the 79 injuries, 37 were reported in Northern Samar, 24 in Eastern Samar, 12 in Leyte, five in Samar, and one in Southern Leyte.
The typhoon-hit Northern Samar recorded the highest injuries in the region after typhoon Nonan hit the province.
The heatlth department said more Filipinos were spared of firework-related injuries as the country welcomed the New Year.
In a press release, DOH reported a total of 384 fireworks-related injuries as of 6:00 AM, January 1, 2016.
Of the total 384 cases, 380 were from fireworks/firecrackers, 4 from stray bullets, and no case of fireworks/firecrackers ingestion. 219 out of 380 injuries were caused by Piccolo, a prohibited firecracker in the country. Other firecrackers causing injuries were from 5 star with four percent, Kwitis with nine percent, Luces with four percent, and other unknown firecrackers on five percent.
The government has launched its monitoring of Christmas and New Year revelries on December 16, 2014 and will conclude on January 5, 2015. (PNA with SNR)
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