may 15- surigao del norte confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 37-year-old female health worker at the caraga regional hospital in surigao city. may 16 – the iatf-eid issued resolution no. 37, overriding prior plans, placing metro manila, the cities of angeles and bacoor, and the provinces of laguna, bataan, bulacan, nueva ecija, pampanga, and zambales under modified enhanced community quarantine (mecq), which is more lenient than an ecq but stricter than a gcq. cebu city and mandaue city were placed under ecq while the rest of the country was placed under gcq. may 18 - sarangani confirmed its first covid-19 case, 70-year-old male resident of maitum town with no recent travel history but admitted at the sarangani medical center last may 5 upon experiencing symptoms. may 26 – in a meeting of the metro manila council, all mayors of metro manila cities have agreed that the national capital region will be placed from mecq to gcq effective june 1. the local government units may still place certain barangays or villages under lockdown if they see it fit to do so. they have submitted their recommendation to the iatf-eid and will wait for their final decision. if the iatf-eid does agree, public transportation will still have to be limited. may 27 - basilan confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 47-year-old resident of tipo-tipo town and later admitted at the zamboanga city general hospital. may 31 agusan del sur confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 37-year-old lsi male who arrived in the province on may 26. the enhanced community quarantine in luzon ends, as most localities downgrade to either general community quarantine or modified general community quarantine. june june 1 apayao confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 28-year old health worker resident of conner with no travel history outside of the province. president duterte downgraded ncr to gcq together with davao city, cagayan valley, central luzon, calabarzon, pangasinan, and albay from june 1–30, 2020. cab ordered to cancel scheduled domestic flights including the sale of tickets as iatf-eid is yet to approve proposed flight routes. cavite lifted liquor ban while reiterating that consumption will only be allowed inside individual homes as announced by governor jonvic remulla. june 3 biliran reported its first covid-19 case, a 19-year student resident of naval who travelled from baguio to manila on may 9 and quarantined for 14 days, and later arrived in the province on may 27. tacloban city confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 29-year-old-female returning overseas fiipino seafarer resident of the city who arrived on june 1, 2020, from italy and manila after being admitted at capas, tarlac isolation facility on may 7. she was later isolated at tacloban ligtas covid-19 temporary treatment monitoring facility (undp evacuation center) in barangay bagacay. june 5 - ormoc city logged its first covid-19 case, a 49-year-old ofw from saudi arabia and arrived in the tacloban city through balik probinsya program.on may 27. june 10 - kalinga recorded its first covid-19 case, a 30-year-old displaced construction worker resident of gobgob, tabuk city who arrived from caloocan on june 6. june 11 - southern leyte confirmed its first case, a 23-year-old male seafarer resident of bontoc town who arrived on may 31 and later admitted at eastern visayas regional medical center. june 12 - misamis oriental reported its first covid-19 case, a 29-year-old male resident of libertad town who arrived on june 6 and later admitted at the northern mindanao medical center. june 13 - eastern samar confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 30-year-old male resident of mercedes town and later admitted at eastern visayas medical center. june 16 - mountain province logged its first covid-19 case, a resident of suquib, besao town who had contact with a positive case on june 6. june 20 - surigao del sur confirmed its first covid-19 cases with 3 in a single day, - 2 from bislig and 1 in lingig town. june 24 - zamboanga sibugay confirmed its first covid-19 case, a worker who arrived from cebu city. june 28 who data reported that the philippines has fastest covid-19 cases rise in western pacific region. masbate confirmed its first two covid-19 cases, , a 23-year-old man who arrived in bicol from caloocan and a 25-year-old man who arrived from taguig city. june 29 isabela city de basilan confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 25-year-old lsi woman who arrived in the city from manila on june 18 and immediately quarantined in an isolation facility. cebu city became the new epicenter of the covid-19 in the country with 4,562 cases surpassing quezon city with 3,161 and manila with 2,290 cases june 30 – st. paul's hospital in iloilo city went on locked down after six doctors tested positive for the disease july july 1 – ninety-two mrt line 3 workers tested positive for covid-19. july 3 – one hundred twenty-seven mrt line 3 workers tested positive for covid-19. july 5 tawi-tawi confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 44-year old police officer lsi resident of bongao with travel history in san isidro, quezon city. the officer travelled to zamboanga city to basilan before arriving in the province on june 30. one hundred seventy-two mrt line 3 workers tested positive for covid-19, including 6 station personnel and 166 depot workers. july 6 two thousand ninety-nine new cases were confirmed on july 6, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 46,333. one-thousand two hundred fifty-eight are "fresh cases" or were detected in the last three days. eight hundred forty-one are "late cases" or were part of the validation backlog. six new deaths and two hundred forty-three new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 1,303 and recovered patients to 12,185. at least one hundred and eighty-six mrt line 3 workers tested positive for covid-19, including 17 station personnel and 169 depot workers. july 7 – mrt line 3 temporarily ceases operations due to a spike in covid-19 cases among the train personnel for 5 days, until july 11. july 8 quezon city mayor joy belmonte tests positive for covid-19. philippines breached the 50,000-mark of covid-19 cases recorded with thousand five hundred thirty-nine new cases were confirmed, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 50,359. one thousand nine hundred twenty-two are "fresh cases" in the last three days. six hundred seventeen are "late cases" or were part of the validation backlog. five new deaths and two hundred two new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 1,314 and recovered patients to 12,588. july 11 – one thousand three hundred eighty-seven new cases were confirmed, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 54,222. nine hundred eighteen are "fresh cases" in the last three days. four hundred sixty-nine are "late cases" or were part of the validation backlog. twelve new deaths and eight hundred seven new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 1,372 and recovered patients to 14,037. july 13 – mrt line 3 resumes operations on limited capacity. july 14 – several metro manila hospitals reached full capacity, making the region classified under "danger zone" in terms of bed capacity. four regions, namely central visayas, calabarzon, davao region, and central luzon are classified under "warning zone". july 15 – department of public works and highways secretary mark villar tests positive for covid-19. july 16 cebu city shifts to mecq. metro manila remains under gcq for another two weeks. provinces and cities under gcq include: laguna, cavite, rizal, mandaue city, lapu-lapu city, ormoc city, southern leyte, zamboanga city, butuan, agusan del norte, basilan, and talisay, minglanilla, and concepcion in cebu province. the rest of the country shifts to mgcq. navotas undergoes lockdown until july 29. july 17 – quezon city mayor joy belmonte tests negative for covid-19. july 20 – actor and comedian michael v. tests positive for covid-19. july 21 one thousand nine hundred fifty-one new cases were confirmed, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 70,764. two new deaths and two hundred nine new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 1,837 and recovered patients to 23,281. president duterte allows limited face-to-face classes in mgcq areas as proposed by education secretary leonor briones which is to be implemented by january 2021. the philippine government aims to have 10 million filipinos, or 10 percent of the total current population, tested by 2021. july 23 – free covid-19 testing is launched at vicente sotto memorial medical center, cebu city. it is the first free testing outside of metro manila. july 24 – two thousand one hundred three new cases were confirmed, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 76,444. six new deaths and fifteen new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 1,879 and recovered patients to 24,502. july 28 – one thousand six hundred seventy-eight new cases were confirmed, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 83,673. four new deaths and one hundred seventy-three new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 1,947 and recovered patients to 26,617. july 29 guimaras confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 22-year-old male resident of buenavista town who went home on july 13, and returned to iloilo city on the next day. he was later admitted at a private hospital in the city on july 24 upon experiencing symptoms. navotas lifts lockdown; 5,853 residents were arrested for violating health rules and city ordinances the day before. july 31 – three thousand nine hundred fifty-four new cases were confirmed, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 89,374. twenty-three new deaths and 38,075 new recoveries were recorded (due to enhanced data reconciliation efforts with local government units through oplan recovery), bringing the death toll to 1,083 and recovered patients to 65,064. august august 1 – cebu city downgrades to gcq. metro manila still remains under gcq. provinces, towns, and cities under gcq include: batangas, bulacan, cavite, laguna, rizal, lapu-lapu city, mandaue, talisay, minglanilla, consolacion, and zamboanga city. the rest of the country are under mgcq. august 2 the country breached 100,000-mark on the number of covid-19 cases recorded with five thousand thirty-two new cases were confirmed, bringing the covid-19 cases to 103,185. twenty new deaths and three hundred one new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 2,059 and recovered patients to 65,557. siquijor confirms first two cases of covid-19, breaking its 6-month absence. the two cases traveled from metro manila through the country's balik probinsya program, both were locally stranded individuals (lsi), residents of lazi and larena respectively. front liners and medical groups advocated a "timeout" to president duterte to revert metro manila back on ecq as covid-19 cases surges. president duterte later made a decision to revert metro manila, bulacan, cavite, laguna, and rizal back on mecq starting august 4 until august 18. august 6 – the country has the most total covid-19 cases, surpassing indonesia in terms of cases in southeast asia. august 9 three thousand one hundred nine new cases were confirmed, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 129,913. sixty-one new deaths and six hundred fifty-four new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 2,270 and recovered patients to 67,673. senator bong revilla tests positive for covid-19. sagada, mountain province confirmed its first case from a 29-year-old front liner who has no travel history. august 10 – six thousand nine hundred fifty-eight nine new cases were confirmed, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 136,638. twenty-four new deaths and six hundred thirty-three new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 2,293 and recovered patients to 68,159. this is the highest number of daily cases ever recorded in the country since the start of the pandemic august 14 aurora confirmed its first covid-19 case, a woman in her 50s resident of pasay city, who went to baler and later admitted at aurora medical hospital, also in baler. quirino reported its first covid-19 case, a 24-year-old resident of mangandingay, cabarroguis with no travel history. august 18 – president duterte approved iatf-eid recommendation to place ncr, bulacan, calabarzon, nueva ecija, iloilo city, cebu city, lapu-lapu city, mandaue city, talisay city, minglanilla and consolacion under gcq, while the rest of the country under mgcq from august 19–31, 2020. august 22 - dinagat islands confirmed its first covid-19 cases with 7 in a single day - 4 from loreto, 2 from cagdianao