Harborview Medical Center treated 86 people for fireworks-related injuries over the Fourth of July weekend, a 65% increase from the 52 injuries recorded over the same holiday last year.

The updated count was confirmed July 6 and includes patients who sought care after the holiday and transfers from other hospitals.

The number may still climb. Tim Fredrickson, Harborview's associate chief nursing officer, said he expected additional patients in the days following the holiday as people delayed seeking treatment.

As of an initial count Sunday morning, July 5, 24 of the injuries involved hands, 13 involved eyes, and 21 affected multiple body areas.

Bellevue bans the sale, use, and possession of all personal fireworks. The Bellevue Fire Department deployed additional patrols focused on fireworks enforcement for July 4, according to the city's event page. Residents were directed to report violations through the MyBellevue app.

The city has not released data on how many citations were issued or how many fireworks complaints officers responded to that night. Whether the ban kept Bellevue residents out of Harborview's injury count is unknown.

The city offered a professional fireworks show at Downtown Park as a legal alternative.

The injury surge was not abstract. In Kent, three children under 18 were critically hurt July 4, when they found an unexploded firework on their front porch and lit it. Separate house fires in Kent and Tacoma were linked to improperly handled fireworks the same night.

Consumer fireworks are also banned in unincorporated King County, including White Center, Skyway, Fairwood, and the East Renton area. King County Fire Marshal Eric Urban had warned of elevated fire risk in a June 22 statement accompanying a Stage 1 Burn Ban, citing extremely dry conditions heading into the holiday.

No Bellevue Police Department enforcement report or Bellevue City Council agenda item has been announced regarding fireworks violations from the holiday weekend. The Bellevue Fire Department has not publicly disclosed how many MyBellevue app reports it received.

Fredrickson's warning that the injury count will keep rising means the 65% year-over-year figure is preliminary. Harborview and UW Medicine provided the 86-count update July 6.