MM, 80+ areas nationwide remain under Alert Level 1

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  • MM, 80+ areas nationwide remain under Alert Level 1 from May 16-31
  • 42 areas will be under Alert Level 2 status

Metro Manila and more than 80 other areas will remain under COVID-19 Alert Level 1 status while 42 areas will be under Alert Level 2 status from May 16 to 31.

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) approved the placement of the following areas under Alert Level 1 during this period:

  • Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR): Abra, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Baguio City
  • Region I: Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Dagupan City
  • Region II: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, City of Santiago
  • Region III: Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, Angeles City, Olongapo City
  • Region IV-A: Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Lucena City
  • Region IV-B: Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, and 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
  • CARAGA: Surigao del Sur, Butuan City

In addition, the following cities and municipalities were likewise placed under Alert Level 1 effective May 16-31:

  • CAR: Kiangan, Ifugao
  • Region V: Balud, Masbate; Irosin, Sorsogon
  • Region VII: Calape, Bohol; Garcia Hernandez, Bohol; San Isidro, Bohol; San Miguel, Bohol; Alcoy, Cebu; Borbon, Cebu; Oslob, Cebu; Pilar, Cebu; Santander, Cebu; Tudela, Cebu; Bacong, Negros Oriental; Dauin, Negros Oriental; Valencia (Luzarriaga), Negros Oriental; Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental
  • Region VIII: Tarangnan, Samar; and Zumarraga, Samar
  • Region IX: Mahayag, Zamboanga del Sur; Diplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay
  • Region XII: Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat;
  • Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM): Upi, Maguindanao

Placed under Alert Level 2 for the rest of May 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 Oriental, 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
  • BARMM: Basilan, Cotabato City, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi

Alert level classifications of other component cities and municipalities under IATF Resolution Nos. 165-G, 166-A, 167-A, and 167-C (s. 2022) will remain in effect until May 31.

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 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.

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