President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has approved the recommendation of the Metro Manila City Mayors as well as the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to relax the lockdown measures in the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus area which includes Metro Manila, Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, and Rizal, placing it under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions.
This new announcement follows the two-week extension of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine which ends today, May 14, 2021.
The new community quarantine restrictions will be in effect from May 15-31, 2021. Below are the areas included per classification:
MECQ
GCQ “with heightened restrictions”
GCQ
**Areas that were not mentioned are placed under Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ).
For the NCR Plus, the heightened restrictions are as follows and will be in effect until the end of the month:
DOH Updates
As of May 14, 2021, 4:00 PM COVID-19 Update, the Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,053,523 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 6,784 of which are new cases, bringing the number of active cases to 58,986. There are 2,972 people who recovered from the disease, increasing the total number of recoveries to 1,131,467. However, 137 more died, increasing the local death toll to 18,958.
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