Metro Manila will shift to the least restrictive Alert Level 1 on March 1, Malacañang has announced.
Aside from Metro Manila, 38 other areas will also be under Alert Level 1.
According to acting Palace spokesman Karlo Nograles, these are:
Luzon
- Abra
- Apayao
- Baguio City
- Kalinga
- Dagupan City
- Ilocos Norte
- Ilocos Sur
- La Union
- Pangasinan
- Batanes
- Cagayan
- City of Santiago, Isabela
- Quirino
- Angeles City
- Aurora
- Bataan
- Bulacan
- Olongapo City
- Pampanga
- Tarlac
- Cavite
- Laguna
- Marinduque
- Puerto Princesa City
- Romblon
- Naga City
- Catanduanes
Visayas
- Aklan
- Bacolod City
- Capiz
- Guimaras
- Siquijor
- Biliran
Mindanao
- Zamboanga City
- Cagayan de Oro City
- Camiguin
- Davao City
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases has also decided to place the following areas under Alert Level 2:
Luzon
- Benguet
- Ifugao
- Mountain Province
- Nueva Vizcaya
- Nueva Ecija
- Zambales
- Batangas
- Lucena City
- Quezon Province
- Rizal
- Occidental Mindoro
- Oriental Mindoro
- Palawan
- Albay
- Camarines Norte
- Camarines Sur
- Masbate
- Sorsogon
Visayas
- Antique
- Iloilo City
- Iloilo Province
- Negros Occidental
- Bohol
- Cebu Province
- Cebu City
- Lapu-Lapu City
- Mandaue City
- Negros Oriental
- Eastern Samar
- Leyte
- Northern Samar
- Ormoc City
- Southern Leyte
- Tacloban City
- Western Samar
Mindanao
- City of Isabela, Zamboanga del Sur
- Zamboanga del Norte
- Zamboanga Sibugay
- Bukidnon
- Iligan City
- Lanao del Norte
- Misamis Occidental
- Misamis Oriental
- Davao De Oro
- Davao Del Sur
- Davao Del Norte
- Davao Oriental
- Davao Occidental
- General Santos City
- North Cotabato
- Sarangani
- South Cotabato
- Sultan Kudarat
- Surigao del Norte
- Surigao del Sur
- Agusan del Norte
- Agusan del Sur
- Butuan City
- Dinagat Islands
- Basilan
- Maguindanao
- Sulu
- Tawi-Tawi
- Cotabato City
- Lanao Del Sur
The Philippines is entering March with 52,179 active Covid-19 cases. John Ezekiel J. Hirro