Due to the COVID-19 epidemic and its accompanied restrictions, New Year’s Eve this year was considerably more subdued than usual.
According to Odense University Hospital, a total of 165 fireworks-related injuries were registered nationwide – a decline of almost 30 percent compared to last year and comparable to figures from the 1990s.
About half of those injuries were sustained in Zealand and 24 were considered serious.
Furthermore, the figures showed that 80 percent of those injured were male.
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Fewer emergencies
The police and fire stations across the country also reported a far more relaxed end to the year than usual.
Emergency response units responded to 389 instances across the country – well below the average of 507 over the previous four years.
And firefighters reported just three instances of being fired upon by fireworks – last year it happened 17 times.
