Kalinga, Ifugao, Mt. Province, N. Samar will be under Alert Level 4 from Jan 21-31
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MANILA, Philippines — Kalinga, Ifugao, Mountain Province, and Northern Samar will be escalated to Alert Level 4 from January 21-31, Malacañang said Thursday.
This comes amid high COVID-19 infections recorded in the country.
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Alert Level 3, on the other hand, will be raised over the following areas during the same period:
Luzon
- Apayao
- Puerto Princesa City
- Masbate
Visayas
- Siquijor
Mindanao
- Zamboanga del Norte
- Zamboanga Sibugay
- Lanao del Norte
- Davao de Oro
- Davao Oriental
- North Cotabato
- Sarangani
- Sultan Kudarat
- Surigao del Norte
- Maguindanao
- Basilan
These areas used to be under the more relaxed Alert Level 2 but raised to the next alert level status due to rising coronavirus cases.
On Thursday, the Department of Health reported 31,173 new COVID-19 cases bringing the country’s active infections to 275,364.
The Philippines has been seeing a rapid and almost exponential rise in coronavirus infections since the holidays when restrictions have been eased.
The total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country stood at 3,324,478 as of January 20.
KGA
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