Cavite, along with several other areas, will remain under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) until September 7, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Saturday.
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), according to Roque, has decided to maintain the second most stringent quarantine status in those areas in order to thwart the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant.
The MECQ status will also be retained in the following areas:
- Metro Manila
- Apayao
- Ilocos Norte
- Bulacan
- Bataan
- Lucena City
- Rizal
- Laguna
- Aklan
- Iloilo Province
- Iloilo City
- Lapu-Lapu City
- Cebu City
- Mandaue City in Region 7 for the Visayas
- Cagayan de Oro City
Roque stated that the NCR, Bataan, and Laguna will have “added restrictions” on dining and personal care services, as well as religious activities.
General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions:
- Ilocos Sur
- Cagayan
- Quezon
- Batangas
- Naga City
- Antique
- Bacolod City
- Capiz
- Cebu Province
- Negros Oriental
- Zamboanga del Sur
- Misamis Oriental
- Davao City?-Davao del Norte
- Davao Occidental
- Davao de Oro
- Butuan City
General Community Quarantine (GCQ)
- Baguio City
- Santiago City
- Quirino
- Isabela
- Nueva Vizcaya
- Tarlac
- Puerto Princesa
- Guimaras
- Negros Occidental
- Zamboanga Sibugay
- Zamboanga City
- Zamboanga del Norte
- Davao Oriental
- Davao del Sur
- General Santos City
- Sultan Kudarat
- Sarangani
- North Cotabato
- South Cotabato
- Agusan del Norte-
- Agusan del Sur
- Surigao del Norte
- Surigao del Sur
- Dinagat Islands
- Cotabato City
Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ)
- Rest of the Philippines
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“This latest community quarantine classification shall take effect beginning September 1 until September 7, 2021, pending a change in community quarantine guidelines,” Roque added.
As of August 27, there were 1,916,461 total cases of COVID-19 reported nationwide, of which 1,741,089 had recovered, 32,841 had died, and 142,531 were still active.
