Metro Manila, 60+ areas stay under Alert Level 1 from June 1-15

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Metro Manila, 60+ areas stay under Alert Level 1 from June 1-15
Metro Manila and more than 60 areas nationwide will remain under Alert Level 1, while 40 areas will be under Alert Level 2 status from June 1 to 15. Manila skyline photo by PortCalls.
  • Metro Manila, 60+ areas nationwide will stay under Alert Level 1 from June 1 to 15
  • 40 areas will be under Alert Level 2 from June 1 to 15

Metro Manila and more than 60 areas nationwide will remain under Alert Level 1, while 40 areas will be under Alert Level 2 status from June 1 to 15.

Under Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) Resolution 168-D, the following areas are under COVID-19 Alert Level 1 during this period:

  • Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR): Abra, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Baguio City
  • Region 1: Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Dagupan City
  • Region 2: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, City of Santiago
  • Region IV-A: Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Lucena City
  • Region IV-B: Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, Puerto Princesa City
  • Region V: Albay, Catanduanes, Naga City
  • Region VI: Aklan, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, Bacolod City, Iloilo City
  • Region VII: Siquijor, Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City
  • Region VIII: Biliran, Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte, Ormoc City, Tacloban City
  • Region IX: Zamboanga City
  • Region X: Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Cagayan de Oro City, Iligan City
  • Region XI: Davao City, Davao Oriental
  • CARAGA: Surigao del Sur, Butuan City

In addition, the following have also been placed under Alert Level 1 effective June 1-15:

  • Region IV-B: Looc, Occidental Mindoro
  • Region V: Pamplona, Camarines Sur; Mandaon, Masbate
  • Region VIII: Villaba, Leyte
  • Region IX: Salug, Zamboanga del Norte; Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur
  • Region XI: Nabunturan, Davao de Oro; New Bataan, Davao de Oro
  • CARAGA: San Francisco, Agusan del Sur; Dinagat, Dinagat Islands; Mainit, Surigao del Norte

Under Alert Level 2 from June 1-15 are the following:

  • CAR: Benguet, Ifugao
  • Region IV-A: Quezon Province
  • Region IV-B: Occidental Mindoro, Palawan
  • Region V: Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Masbate, Sorsogon
  • Region VI: Antique, Negros Occidental
  • Region VII: Bohol, Cebu Province, Negros Oriental
  • Region VIII: Leyte, Northern Samar, Western Samar
  • Region IX: City of Isabela, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay
  • Region X: Lanao del Norte
  • Region XI: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao de Oro, Davao Occidental
  • Region XII: General Santos City, North Cotabato, Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato
  • CARAGA: Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte
  • Bangsamoro Region in Muslim Mindanao: Basilan, Cotabato City, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi

Alert Level 1 refers to areas where case transmission is low and decreasing, total bed utilization rate,and intensive care unit utilization rate is low.

Alert Level 2, meanwhile, refers to areas where case transmission is low and decreasing, healthcare utilization is low, or case counts are low but increasing, or case counts are low and decreasing but total bed utilization rate and intensive care unit utilization rate is increasing.