New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- Around 500 injury cases linked to firecrackers and diyas were reported across Delhi between November 8-9 during Diwali celebrations, with eye injuries, burns, and embedded foreign particles emerging as major concerns, according to data from various hospitals in the city.

While there is no combined data of such incidents, data from individual hospitals collated by HT showed that 499 cases were reported. From the data, the highest number of patients were received at the Guru Tegh Bahadur hospital (GTB) with 172 patients, followed by AIIMS Delhi (152), Safdarjung Hospital (142), RML Hospital (18) and Aakash Healthcare (15).

At Safdarjung hospital's department of burns, plastic and maxillofacial Surgery, 135 patients h...