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Laguna, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo City, nasa-ECQ mula Aug. 6-15, 2021
Metro Manila will be under the strictest enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20.
Laguna, Iloilo City, and Cagayan de Oro are also under ECQ from August 6 to 15.
Cavite, Lucena City, Rizal, and Iloilo Province will be under modified ECQ during the same period.
Batangas and Quezon are under general community quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions from August 6 to 15.
Gingoog City will be placed under GCQ with heightened restrictions starting August 8.
The OCTA Research group reported a 46% increase in daily COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila, with the virus's reproduction number rising to 1.59.
The Department of Health reported 116 more cases of the Delta coronavirus variant, bringing the Philippines' tally to 331.
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Metro Manila will be under general community quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions until August 5, followed by enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20, 2021, as approved by President Duterte to curb the surge in COVID-19 cases and the Delta variant.
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Metro Manila was placed under the strictest enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to August 20, 2021, to prepare for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant.
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Metro Manila mayors unanimously requested a two-week Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), contingent on financial aid and additional vaccine doses.
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Bataan will be placed under the strictest Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from August 8 to August 22, as approved by President Rodrigo Duterte upon the recommendation of the IATF.
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Cebu province has been placed under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions from August 1 to 15.
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