NCR remains under Alert Level 1 until July 15; IATF revises alert level system guidelines

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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 28) — Metro Manila will remain under Alert Level 1, the laxest COVID-19 restrictions, until July 15, the Palace announced in a statement on Tuesday.

The move of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) comes as it also greenlit recommendations by the sub-Technical Working Group for Data Analytics on revising matrices for the alert level system.

The matrix used as basis for the Alert Level System shall be modified as follows:

(1) Removal of two-week growth rate in determining case risk classification is based on average daily attack rates and its current thresholds.

(2) Total beds utilization rate and its current thresholds are retained as the main metric for health system capacity.

(3) Assignment of Alert Level shall be based on the revised cross tabulation of total beds utilization rate and average daily attack rate.

Along with the capital region, 85 of 121 provinces and highly urbanized cities and independent component cities are under the most lenient alert level from July 1 to 15.

They are joined by 166 of 744 other component cities and municipalities.

These are as follows:

Provinces, HUCs, ICCs

Cordillera Administrative Region - Abra, Apayao, Baguio City, Kalinga, and Mountain Province

Region I - Dagupan City, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, and Pangasinan

Region II - Batanes, Cagayan, City of Santiago, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino

Region III- Angeles City, Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Olongapo City, Pampanga, Tarlac, and Zambales

Region IV-A- Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Lucena City, and Rizal

Region IV-B - Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Puerto Princesa City, and Romblon

Region V - Albay, Catanduanes, Naga City, and Sorsogon

Region VI - Aklan, Bacolod City, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo Province, and Iloilo City

Region VII - Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City (Opon), Mandaue City, and Siquijor

Region VIII - Biliran, Eastern Samar, Ormoc City, Southern Leyte, and Tacloban City

Region IX - Zamboanga City

Region X - Bukidnon, Cagayan De Oro City, Camiguin, Iligan City, Misamis Occidental, and Misamis Oriental

Region XI - Davao City and Davao Oriental

Region XII - South Cotabato

Caraga - Butuan City, Surigao Del Sur, Agusan Del Norte, and Agusan Del Sur

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao - Cotabato City

Component cities and municipalities

Cordillera Administrative Region

Benguet - Buguias and Tublay

Ifugao - Kiangan, Lagawe (Capital), and Lamut

Region IV-A

Quezon - Atimonan, Candelaria, City of Tayabas, Dolores, Lucban, Mauban, Pagbilao, Plaridel, Polillo, Quezon, Sampaloc, San Antonio, Tiaong, and Unisan

Region IV-B

Occidental Mindoro - Calintaan, Looc, Lubang, and Rizal

Palawan - Cagayancillo and Culion

Region V

Camarines Norte - Basud, Capalonga, Daet (Capital), San Vicente, and Talisay

Camarines Sur - Bombon, Cabusao, Camaligan, Caramoan, Goa, Iriga City, Pamplona, Pili (Capital), Presentacion (Parubcan), San Fernando, San Jose, and Tigaon

Masbate - Balud, City of Masbate (Capital), and Mandaon

Region VI

Antique - Anini-Y, San Jose (Capital), Sebaste, and Tobias Fornier (Dao)

Negros Occidental - Cadiz City, Candoni, City of Talisay, City of Victorias, Enrique B., Magalona (Saravia), La Carlota City, Pontevedra, Pulupandan, Sagay City, San Enrique, and Valladolid

Region VII

Bohol - Batuan, Calape, Corella, Dimiao, Duero, Garcia Hernandez, Jagna, Lila, Loay, Loboc, Maribojoc, San Isidro, San Miguel, Sevilla, Sikatuna, and Tagbilaran City (Capital)

Cebu - Alcoy, Borbon, City of Talisay, Oslob, Pilar, Santander, and Tudela

Negros Oriental - Amlan (Ayuquitan), Bacong, Dauin, Dumaguete City (Capital), Valencia (Luzurriaga), and Zamboanguita

Region VIII

Leyte - Albuera, City of Baybay, Dulag, Javier (Bugho), La Paz, Matag-Ob, Matalom, Palo, Tunga, and Villaba

Northern Samar - Allen, Capul, Lapinig, Lavezares, San Antonio, San Jose, and Victoria

Samar (Western Samar) - Marabut, Pagsanghan, Paranas (Wright), Tarangnan, and Zumarraga

Region IX

Zamboanga Del Norte - Dapitan City, Dipolog City (Capital), Jose Dalman (Ponot), Labason, Manukan, Piñan (New Piñan), Polanco, Rizal, and Salug

Zamboanga Del Sur - Kumalarang, Labangan, Lapuyan, Mahayag, Molave, and Ramon Magsaysay (Liargo)

Zamboanga Sibugay - Alicia, Buug, Diplahan, Ipil (Capital), Siay, and Tungawan

Region X

Lanao Del Norte - Bacolod, Baroy, Kauswagan, Lala, Linamon, and Tubod (Capital)

Region XI

Davao De Oro - Mawab, Montevista, Nabunturan (Capital), and New Bataan

Davao Del Sur - Padada

Region XII

Cotabato (North Cotabato) - Antipas, Arakan, City of Kidapawan (Capital), and President Roxas

Sultan Kudarat - City of Tacurong, Kalamansig, and Lebak

Caraga

Dinagat Islands - Cagdianao, Dinagat, Libjo (Albor), Loreto, and Tubajon

Surigao Del Norte - Claver, Dapa, General Luna, Mainit, and Tagana-An

BARMM

Lanao Del Sur - Bumbaran, Ditsaan-Ramain, and Wao

Maguindanao - South Upi and Upi

Tawi-Tawi - Turtle Islands

The following areas, meanwhile, were placed under the stricter Alert Level 2 during the same period:

Cordillera Administrative Region - Benguet and Ifugao

Region IV-A - Quezon Province

Region IV-B - Occidental Mindoro and Palawan

Region V - Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Masbate

Region VI - Antique and Negros Occidental

Region VII - Bohol, Cebu, and Negros Oriental

Region VIII - Leyte, Northern Samar, and Samar (Western Samar)

Region IX - City of Isabela, Zamboanga Del Norte, Zamboanga Del Sur, and Zamboanga Sibugay

Region X - Lanao Del Norte

Region XI - Davao De Oro, Davao Del Norte, Davao Del Sur, and Davao Occidental

Region XII - Cotabato (North Cotabato), General Santos City (Dadiangas), Sarangani, and Sultan Kudarat

Caraga - Dinagat Islands and Surigao Del Norte

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao - Basilan, Lanao Del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi