Metro Manila and 54 other areas will be under Alert Level 3 until the end of January, Malacañang announced on Friday.
The new set of alert levels will take effect on Jan. 16.
Below are the areas under Alert Level 3:
Luzon
- Baguio City
- Ifugao
- Mountain Province
- Dagupan City
- Ilocos Sur
- City of Santiago
- Cagayan
- Angeles City
- Aurora
- Bataan
- Bulacan
- Olongapo City
- Pampanga
- Zambales
- Rizal
- Batangas
- Cavite
- Laguna
- Lucena City
- Marinduque
- Romblon
- Camarines Norte
- Catanduanes
- Naga City
- Sorsogon
Visayas
- Iloilo City
- Iloilo
- Negros Occidental
- Guimaras
- Lapu-Lapu City
- Bohol
- Cebu
- Negros Oriental
- Ormoc City
- Biliran
- Eastern Samar
- Leyte
- Northern Samar
- Southern Leyte
- Western Samar
Mindanao
- City of Isabela
- Zamboanga City
- Zamboanga del Sur
- Bukidnon
- Iligan City
- Misamis Occidental
- Misamis Oriental
- Davao del Sur
- Davao del Norte
- General Santos City
- South Cotabato
- Surigao del Sur
- Agusan del Norte
- Lanao del Sur
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases earlier placed 28 areas under Alert Level 3.
The Philippines on Friday recorded an all-time high of 37,207 new Covid-19 cases, pushing its active tally to 265,509, also a record. John Ezekiel J. Hirro