Iloilo City back to MECQ until end-May
MANILA, Philippines — The coronavirus task force has returned Iloilo City to modified enhanced community quarantine starting Sunday until May 31 due to an increase in COVID-19 infections.
Officials in a May 22 resolution approved the move for stricter pandemic curbs in the city after an appeal from its own local government.
"This will help us in lowering our cases and also in our contact tracing efforts," said Mayor Jerry Trenas in a Facebook post. "During this time, please go out only when necessary and make sure to follow minimum health protocols."
Trenas has ordered the temporary closure of the city hall there after a rise in cases among employees, along with mass testing for staff beginning Monday, May 24.
He also appealed to malls and other business establishments to put on hold sales and promos to avoid encouraging people to go out.
Local authorities recorded 44 additional COVID-19 patients on Saturday. Per a tracker by the Department of Health, Iloilo City has 686 active cases at present.
In the same resolution, the task force extended the MECQ status in Apayao and Benguet in the Cordillera Administrative Region, as well as in Cagayan to until the end of the month.
"The risk-level classification of the aforementioned provinces and highly urbanized cities shall be without prejudice to their further reclassification as may be warranted and the declaration of localized Enhanced Community Quarantine in critical areas," it said.
Most areas in the Philippines are under the least strict quarantine classification.
Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal or the 'NCR Plus' and Abra, meanwhile, are under GCQ.
To date, the country's overall count of infections has reached 1,178,217, with 19,946 deaths and 1,103,945 recoveries.
Metro Manila and other areas in the NCR Plus bubble go into the more relaxed Modified ECQ starting April 12. MECQ has more restrictions than the general community quarantine. Bookmark this page for updates. Photo by The STAR/Michael Varcas
The Department of Health registers an additional 20,741 new COVID-19 infections, the second highest daily increase since the pandemic started.
- Active cases: 157,646 or 7.6% of the total
- Recoveries: 21,962 or, bringing total to 1,869,376
- Deaths: 189, raising toll to 34,062
The Philippines logs a new record high of 22,366 new COVID-19 infections, pushing the total to 1,976,202.
- Recoveries: 16,864 new; 1,797,278 total
- Deaths: 222 new; 33,330 total
- Active cases: 148,594 or 7.5% of total
Ngayong 4 PM, Agosto 30, 2021, ang Department of Health ay nakapagtala ng 22,366 na karagdagang kaso ng COVID-19. Samantala ay mayroon namang naitalang 16,864 na gumaling at 222 na pumanaw.
— Department of Health (@DOHgovph) August 30, 2021
Sa kabuuang bilang ng mga naitalang kaso sa bansa, 7.5% (148,594) ang aktibong kaso, pic.twitter.com/K3z9qxTqHu
The Department of Health logs 17,447 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the national tally to 1,916,461.
- Active cases: 142,531 or 7.4% of the total
- Recoveries: 6,771, bringing the number to 1,741,089
- Deaths: 113, or now 32,841 in total
The Philippines records a new record high of 18,332 COVID-19 cases, the highest single daily rise since the pandemic started. Coronavirus tally in the country is now at 1,857,646.
- Recoveries: 13,794 new; 1,695,335 total
- Deaths: 151 new; 31,961 total
- Active cases: 130,350 or 7% of total
Ngayong 4 PM, Agosto 23, 2021, ang Department of Health ay nakapagtala ng 18,332 na karagdagang kaso ng COVID-19. Samantala ay mayroon namang naitalang 13,794 na gumaling at 151 na pumanaw.
— Department of Health (@DOHgovph) August 23, 2021
Sa kabuuang bilang ng mga naitalang kaso sa bansa, 7.0% (130,350) ang aktibong kaso, pic.twitter.com/JPIDDFWz0Z
The Department of Health logs 16,694 more COVID-19 infections, bringing the national tally to 1,824,051.
- Active cases: 123,935 or 6.8% of the total
- Recoveries: 15,805, pushing total to 1,668,520
- Deaths: 398, bringing total to 31,596
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