vaccination drive. currently, a total of 3,718,308 doses were already administered to priority population which includes frontliners, senior citizens, and people with comorbidities. may 23 – iatf-eid placed iloilo city under mecq status including the provinces of apayao, benguet, cagayan from may 23–31, 2021 amid the sudden surge of covid-19 cases. may 25 – the country passed the 20,000 mark on the number of covid-19 deaths as doh recorded 36 additional fatalities bringing the death toll at 20,019. meanwhile, 3,972 fresh cases and 4,659 recuperations were also reported raising the total cases to 1,188,672 and recoveries to 1,120,452 at 94.26% rate. may 30 the third batch of the sputnik v covid-19 vaccine (procured) from moscow arrived at naia around 10:30 p.m consisting of 50,000 doses via qatar airways. barangay namruangan in cabugao, ilocos sur was placed under 'extreme' ecq from may 29 to june 11, 2021, through a resolution approved by mayor edgardo cobangbang jr. due to rising number of covid-19 cases. the village reported 31 cases which consists mainly of its barangay officials. residents aren't allowed to leave their homes, and their essential needs are covered by the municipality. meanwhile, the rest of the town is under mecq until june 8, 2021. may 31 president rodrigo duterte approved iatf-eid's recommendation to extend gcq in the ncr+ bubble from june 1–15, 2021. also placed under gcq are baguio city, kalinga, mountain province, abra, isabela, nueva vizcaya, quirino, batangas, quezon, iligan city, davao city, lanao del sur, and cotabato city from june 1–30, 2021. meanwhile, mecq were set to santiago city, cagayan, apayao, benguet, ifugao, puerto princesa city, iloilo city, zamboanga city, zamboanga sibugay, zamboanga del sur, zamboanga del norte, cagayan de oro city, butuan city, and agusan del sur; and mgcq for the rest of the country from june 1–15, 2021. travel ban was extended from june 1–15, 2021 for travelers from india, pakistan, nepal, bangladesh, sri lanka, oman, and the united arab emirates as to prevent the spread of the double mutant b.1617 covid-19 variant upon the approval of president rodrigo duterte. june june 6 – the ninth batch of sinovac covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 7:36 a.m consisting of 1,000,000 doses via cebu pacific flight. june 7 – fda director general eric domingo confirmed the approval of eua of the sinopharm bibp vaccine, becoming the 8th vaccine to receive regulatory approval in the country after sinovac, pfizer-biontech, oxford-astrazeneca, gamaleya-sputnik v, johnson & johnson, covaxin and moderna. earlier on may 8, 2021, who approved the emergency use of the said vaccine. june 8 – the food and drug administration (fda) has approved the amendment to the emergency use authorization for pfizer-biontech coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) vaccine for individuals 12 and above, a health official confirmed tuesday. june 10 the tenth batch of sinovac covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 7:28 a.m consisting of 1,000,000 doses via cebu pacific flight. the second batch of pfizer–biontech covid-19 vaccine arrived at naia around 8:30 p.m consisting of 2,279,160 doses via air hong kong. june 11 – the fourth batch of the sputnik v covid-19 vaccine (procured) from moscow arrived at naia consisting of 100,000 doses via qatar airways. june 13 – doh undersecretary and treatment czar leopoldo vega revealed that only 2% of the country's 109.48m population are fully vaccinated which able to received both doses of covid-19 vaccines after three months since the start of the vaccination rollout. june 17 – the eleventh batch of sinovac covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 7:30 a.m consisting of 1,500,000 doses via cebu pacific flight. june 24 – the twelfth batch of sinovac covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 7:26 a.m consisting of 2,000,000 doses via cebu pacific flight. june 27 – the first batch of moderna covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 11 p.m consisting of 249,600 doses via singapore airlines flight. june 28 the thirteenth batch of sinovac covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 7 a.m consisting of 1,000,000 doses via cebu pacific flight. the philippines has administered more than 10 million doses of covid-19 vaccines to its population nearly four months since its inoculation program began. july july 8 – the fourth batch of astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine (donated) arrived at naia around 8:26 p.m consisting of 1,124,100 doses via all nippon airways flight from japan. july 9 the fifth batch of astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine (donated) from covax facility arrived at naia terminal 3 around 4 p.m consisting of 2,028,100 doses via emirates flight ek332. the fourth batch of sputnik v covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 10:50 p.m consisting of 132,200 doses via qatar airways flight. july 10 – the fifth batch of sputnik v covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 9:30 p.m consisting of 37,800 doses via korean air flight. july 14 – the fourteenth batch of sinovac covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 8 a.m consisting of 1,000,000 doses via cebu pacific flight. july 15 – the second batch of moderna covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 5 p.m consisting of 250,800 doses via singapore airlines flight. july 16 the fifth batch of astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 10 a.m consisting of 1,150,800 doses via china airlines flight. the first batch of janssen covid-19 vaccine (donated) from the us and covax arrived at naia around 4 p.m consisting of 1,606,600 doses via emirates flight ek332. july 17 the country had breached 1.5 m mark on the number of covid-19 cases as 6,040 fresh cases were added, bringing the cumulative total to 1,502,359. meanwhile, doh also recorded 7,213 recoveries, raising total recuperated patients to 1,428,504 which 95.1% of the total case. however, death total was increased to 26,598 as 122 succumbed patients were added to the list. the fifteenth batch of sinovac covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 8 a.m consisting of 1,500,000 doses via cebu pacific flight. the second batch of janssen covid-19 vaccine arrived (donated) from the us and covax at naia around 4 p.m consisting of 1,632,800 doses via emirates flight ek332. july 21 – the third batch of pfizer–biontech covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 6:45 p.m consisting of 511,290 doses via air hong kong flight. july 22 – the sixteenth batch of sinovac covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 7:48 a.m consisting of 1,500,000 doses via cebu pacific flight. july 23 – the seventeenth batch of sinovac covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 7 a.m consisting of 1,000,000 doses via cebu pacific flight. july 26 – the fourth batch of pfizer–biontech covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 6:35 p.m consisting of 375,570 doses via air hong kong flight. july 29 – the eighteenth batch of sinovac covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 7:30 a.m consisting of 1,500,000 doses via cebu pacific flight. july 30 – the nineteenth batch of sinovac covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 7:38 a.m consisting of 1,000,000 doses via cebu pacific flight. august august 2 – the sixth batch of astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine arrived at naia around 4:30 p.m consisting of 415,040 doses from the united kingdom. august 3 – the third batch of moderna covid-19 vaccine arrived at naia around afternoon consisting of 3,000,060 doses through covax. august 5 – the twentieth batch of sinovac covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 7 p.m consisting of 1,000,000 doses via philippine airlines flight. august 8 – the fourth batch of moderna covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 4 p.m consisting of 326,400 doses via singapore airlines flight. august 11 the first batch of the sinopharm bibp vaccine arrived at naia around 1 p.m consisting of 100,000 doses via etihad airways flight donated by united arab emirates. the fifth batch of pfizer–biontech covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 8:30 p.m consisting of 813,150 doses via air hong kong flight. august 12 – the twenty-first batch of sinovac covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 7 p.m consisting of 2,000,000 doses via philippine airlines flight. august 13 – the sixth batch of sputnik v covid-19 vaccine (procured) arrived at naia around 5 p.m consisting of 15,000 doses via qatar airways flight qr-932. august 20 the country logged the highest single day record of new covid-19 cases which is 17,231, stretching the total cases to 1,807,800 and active cases to 123,251 despite two laboratories failing to submit their reports. this number surpassed the previously recorded 15,310 cases recorded on april 2, 2021. doh also recorded 5,595 new recoveries and 317 fatalities, bringing the total recuperated patients to 1,653,351 (91.46%) and death toll at 31,198 (1.73%). the second batch of the sinopharm bibp vaccine donated by the chinese government arrived at naia terminal 2 around 5:55 p.m consisting of 739,200 doses via philippine airlines flight. august 21 – the third batch of the sinopharm bibp vaccine (donated) consisting of 260,800 doses and the twenty-second batch of sinovac vaccine (procured) consisting of 1 m doses arrived at naia terminal 2 around 6:40 a.m. via philippine airlines flight. august 23 fda approved eua of sputnik light, a single-dose covid-19 vaccine developed by russia's gamaleya institute as announced by vaccine czar carlito galvez, jr. and later confirmed by fda director general eric domingo. efficacy rate of the vaccine is said to be at 79.4% according to russian direct investment fund. doh posted a new highest single-day record of fresh cases of covid-19 with 18,332, pushing the accumulative total cases to 1,857,646. also reported are 13,794 new recoveries and 151 fatalities bringing the total survivor count to 1,695,335 and death toll to 31,961. august 28 – the country recorded a new highest single-day fresh cases with 19,441 pushing active cases and total cases to 142,679 (7.4% ) and 1,935,700 respectively. meanwhile, doh also logged 19,191 recuperated patients and 167 deaths, bringing total recoveries and death toll to 1,760,013 (90.9%) and 33,008. august 30 - for the 4th time in a single month, new covid-19 cases in the country reached an all-time high peaking at 22,366 tally, raising active cases and total cases to 148,594(7.5%) and 1,976,202 respectively. meanwhile, doh also recorded 16,864 survivors and 222 fatalities, bringing recoveries and death count to 1,794,278 (90.8%) and 33,330 (1.69%). august 31 - who through its representative dr. rabindra abeyasinghe, confirmed community transmission and dominance of sars-cov-2 delta variant in the country, based on the conducted biosurveillance reporting that 69% of the samples examined were from delta type. september september 1 - the country breached the 2-m mark on the total number of covid-19 cases with 2,003,955 cases cumulatively as doh reported 14,216 new infections, pushing the number of active cases to 140,949 (7%). meanwhile, 18,754 new survivors and 86 fatalities were also logged, bringing total number recoveries to 1,829,473 (91.3%) and death toll at 33,533 (1.67%). september 3 – fda approved the amendment to the emergency use authorization for moderna covid-19 vaccine for individuals 12–17 years old. september 9 - the country logged the highest daily covid-19 cases with 22,820, bringing active cases to 166,672 (7.7%) and total accumulative count to 2,161,892. doh also recorded 12,337 new survivors and 61 sucummbed patients, raising total recoveries to 1,960,487 (90.7%) and death toll to 34,733 (1.61%). september 10 president rodrigo duterte through proclamation no. 1218 extended national state of calamity due to covid-19 for another year. to date, the chief executive first declared national state of calamity for same reason on march 16, 2020. another batch of astrazeneca vaccine (procured) consisting of 502,000 doses arrived at naia terminal 1 at around 9 a.m. via china airlines flight ci 701. this supply of vaccine was procured by the dose of hope program, a private sector which aims to deliver 6 million vaccines to the people. meanwhile, national task force against covid-19 claimed 52.8 million of the 187.6 million procured vaccine doses have already arrived in the country. another batch of sinovac vaccine (procured) consisting of 1.5 million doses arrived at naia terminal 2 at around 5:55 p.m. via philippine airlines flight pr359. currently, an estimate of 15 million filipinos have already completed their vaccination while another 20.8 m have their first inoculation. september 11 - the country yet again recorded the highest daily cases of covid-19 with 26,303 new infections, stretching active cases to 185,706 (8.4%) and total count