

^ "NCR Plus to shift to stricter ECQ for one week"."Stricter GCQ, 'NCR Plus' bubble explained". ^ Ranada, Pia Tomacruz, Sofia (March 22, 2021)."Greater Manila vs 'NCR Plus': Questions as gov't labels areas under GCQ 'bubble' ". Manila, nearby provinces with add'l restrictions". ^ "Iligan City placed under stricter lockdown, Metro Manila remains under GCQ"."Metro Manila, 4 neighboring provinces back under GCQ". ^ Geducos, Argyll Cyrus (August 18, 2020).^ "Duterte places NCR, nearby areas back to MECQ beginning Tuesday, August 4, 2020".^ "Lipa City under 15-day lockdown to prevent COVID-19 spread".^ "Metro Manila eases to GCQ on June 1".

"Duterte places entire Luzon under 'enhanced' community quarantine".

"Cainta, Rizal suspends classes, distributes face masks over coronavirus threat". "Cainta, Rizal steps up coronavirus measures amid confirmed case". "First local COVID-19 transmission case, wife among 3 new deaths in Philippines". Effective August 1 to 15, Rizal and Cavite would be upgraded back to GCQ with "heightened restrictions," while Laguna was upgraded to MECQ. On July 16, Lucena was downgraded to GCQ with "heightened restrictions," while Cavite was downgraded to normal GCQ. On July 1, Rizal was downgraded to normal GCQ. On May 15, the provinces under the NCR Plus bubble were downgraded to GCQ with "heightened restrictions." From June 16 to July 15, the city of Lucena was placed under MECQ. On April 12, the area was then downgraded to modified ECQ, while Quezon was elevated to GCQ. On March 27, it was announced that "NCR Plus" would be placed under ECQ from March 29 to April 4 it would later be extended up to April 11. Alongside Metro Manila and Bulacan, these areas were collectively given the designation "NCR Plus" and the restrictions placed on the area is described essentially as a GCQ-MECQ hybrid. On March 22, 2021, in view of the grim rising of new COVID-19 cases, the GCQ status, this time with additional restrictions, was reinstated over Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal. On September 1, the entire region except for Batangas was downgraded to modified GCQ. On August 19, the aforementioned provinces were downgraded to GCQ. On August 4, the modified ECQ status was reinstated for Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal, all of which surround Metro Manila. On August 1, Lipa was placed under a 15-day lockdown and the province of Batangas was placed under GCQ. On May 16, Calabarzon (except Laguna) was downgraded to general community quarantine (GCQ). † Lucena is a highly-urbanized city figures are excluded from Quezon province.Ĭalabarzon was under the scope of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon imposed by the national government from March 16, 2020. Statistics Cumulative COVID-19 cases in Calabarzonīased on numbers confirmed and validated by the DOH COVID-19 Tracker The first Quezon case outside Lucena is linked to the municipality of Sariaya.

Laguna and Quezon – March 15 the first two cases in Quezon is from Lucena, which is geographically part of Quezon but is administered independently from the province.The first case per province by date of confirmation as is as follows: Īside from Rizal, all provinces have confirmed cases. Nieto suspended classes in Cainta from March 7 to 10 and placed the city under community quarantine since March 15. The patient's family, as well as his neighbors, were placed under quarantine. Mayor Kit Nieto of Cainta ordered the immediate provision of face masks and disinfectants in areas near the residence of the patient. The patient's wife also contracted the disease. The individual's case is also the first confirmed local transmission of COVID-19 in the country, having no travel history abroad. The case was confirmed on March 5 and the man was referred to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa. The patient was admitted at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan, Metro Manila on March 1, 2020, and was diagnosed with severe pneumonia. The first confirmed COVID-19 case in Calabarzon is a 62-year-old male, a resident of Cainta, Rizal, who frequented a Muslim prayer hall in San Juan, Metro Manila.
