history in alabang from march 5–12. she is also the youngest known positive case in the country. march 28 two hundred seventy-two new cases on march 28 was confirmed, the number leaped both the 900 and 1000th mark, bringing the covid-19 cases in the philippines to 1,075. fourteen new deaths and four new recoveries were also confirmed, bringing the death toll to 68 and recovered patients to 35. aklan and romblon logged its first covid-19 case, a 60-year old german national from san jose, hambil island with travel history in manila. he was initially brought to san jose district hospital on march 22 and later transferred to dr. rafael s. tumbokon memorial hospital (drstmh) in kalibo, aklan on march 25. benguet got its first two covid-19 cases, a 34-year-old female ofw resident of bokod town who arrived from hong kong on march 19; and a 6-year-old girl resident of puguis, la trinidad, who recently attended a burial in cavite. davao oriental confirmed it first 2 covid-19 cases, two patients arrived in mati city via davao city from manila on march 7 and later admitted at davao regional medical center. navotas confirmed its first covid-19 case, a patient who died in an undisclosed hospital on march 24. olongapo city confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 75-year old filipino male with recent travel history in manila. march 29 three hundred forty-three new cases on march 29 was confirmed, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 1,418. three new deaths and seven new patients recovered, bringing the death toll to 71 and recovered patients to 42. ilocos sur confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 55-year-old woman resident of magsaysay, tagudin with no travel history but has a son who just came back from south korea. misamis occidental confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 45-year-old seaman who travelled in thailand and arrived in the province on march 14. he experienced symptoms on march 21 and brought to a hospital on march 24 at mayor hilarion a. ramiro sr. medical center (mhars-mc). march 30 president rodrigo duterte has announced that his administration is allotting ₱200 billion to help low-income households affected by the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19). one hundred twenty-eight new cases on march 30 was confirmed, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 1,546. seven new deaths and no new recovered patients, bringing the death to 78 and recovered patients to 42. davao del sur confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 38-year-old male residen of digos who recently attended the cockfighting derby in davao city and later admitted at the southern philippines medical center. ilocos sur confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 55-year-old woman resident of magsaysay, tagudin with no travel history but has a son who just came back from south korea. lanao norte confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 67-year old man resident of barangay malingao, tubod town, who had been at a recent cockfighting derby in davao city and later admitted at the northern mindanao medical center on march 26 upon experiencing symptoms. zamboanga del sur confirmed its first covid-19 cases, both arrived in the province on board pal manila-ozamiz flight pr289 on march 14. march 31 five hundred thirty-eight new cases on march 30 was confirmed, the number leaped the 2000th mark, bringing the covid-19 cases in the philippines to 2,084. the death toll is at 88 and recovered patients at 49. dagupan confirmed its first covid-19 cases with 4 positive patients in a single day - 2 were home-quarantined in barangay poco chico while 2 others were admitted at region i medical center. ilocos norte logged its first 2 covid-19 cases, a 42-year-old male resident of sungadan, paoay with no travel history and a 49-year-old male resident of magnuang, batac with travel history in metro manila. samar logged its first covid-19 case, a 63-year-old male resident of calbayog with recent travel history in metro manila who arrived in the province on march 8. he was admitted in a local hospital on march 21 and 25 and later transferred at eastern visayas regional medical center on march 31 due to “high-risk health conditions". south cotabato confirmed its first covid-19 case, a patient resident of t'boli town with recent travel history in metro manila, arrived in the province on march 16, and later admitted at the south cotabato provincial hospital on march 18. april april 1 at least 20 protesters demanding food aid were arrested by quezon city police in barangay bagong pag-asa, allegedly initiating a rally without a permit. president duterte ordered soldiers to protect themselves from violent unruly protesters and quarantine violators. april 2 – the philippine ambassador to lebanon, bernardita catalla, died of covid-19 in beirut at the age of 62. she was the first filipino diplomat to succumb to the disease. april 3 – three hundred eight-five new cases were confirmed, thereby surpassing the 3,000th mark, bringing the covid-19 cases in the philippines to 3,018. also recorded were twenty-nine new deaths and one new recovery, bringing the death toll to 136 and recovered patients to 52. april 4 - camiguin logged its first covid-19 case, a 32-year-old female resident of mahinog town with recent travel history in manila where she got the virus. she completed the prescribed 14-day quarantine period on march 28. but her samples were thrice ending with a confirmed result. april 5 – president duterte signs administrative order no. 28, which giving of a one-time special risk allowance to government health workers. april 6 caraga region and butuan confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 68-year-old male resident with travel history in manila and later admitted in at the caraga regional hospital upon experiencing symptoms on march 25. caraga is the last region in the country to be reached by covid-19. cotabato (north) confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 46-year-old male who recently attended the infamous cockfighting event in davao city from march 6–13. he was later confined at north cotabato isolation facility in barangay amas, kidapawan city. maguindanao confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 54-year-old male resident of datu odin sinsuat town who also attended the infamous cockfighting event in davao city from march 6–13. it was announced that president duterte was making consideration on extending the quarantine. april 7 antique confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 74-year-old man who arrived in barangay semirara, semirara island, caluya town on board a private plane from parañaque city on march 9. he later sought consultation at the semirara mining power consultation hospital upon experiencing difficulty breathing and fever on march 19. general santos confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 59-year-old businessman who recent attended the infamous araw ng davao cockfight derby at the new davao matina gallera in davao city from march 6 to 13. doh reported at least 11 out of 12 covid-19 deaths in region xi - davao region were linked with the araw ng davao cockfight derby at the matina gallera in davao city held last month from march 6 to 13. april 9 bukidnon confirmed its first covid-19 case, a resident of barangay lumbayao, valencia city who was considered as pui after attending the infamous araw ng davao cockfight derby at the matina gallera in davao city held last month from march 6 to 13. two hundred six new cases were confirmed, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 4,076. twenty-one new deaths and twenty-eight new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 203 and recovered patients to 124. education secretary leonor briones tested positive with covid-19, became the 2nd cabinet member contacted with the disease. april 12 – the philippine government now requires public disclosure of personal information of covid-19 patients to further contain the spread of the virus. april 14 two hundred ninety-one new cases were confirmed on april 14, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 5,223. twenty new deaths and fifty-three new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 335 and recovered patients to 295. president rodrigo duterte has approved the small business relief program to help some 1.6 million small businesses and their 3.4 million employees affected by the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine in luzon and other areas of the country. april 17 - leyte confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 58-year-old female resident of burauen town, with travel history in guam in february and manila on march 9, arriving in the province on march 13. she was eventually admitted at eastern visayas regional medical center on march 23. april 18 – two hundred nine new cases were confirmed on april 18, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 6,087. ten new deaths and twenty-nine new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 397 and recovered patients to 516. april 19 - catanduanes confirmed its first case of covid-19, a 63-year-old woman resident of virac town with travel history in japan and later admitted at eastern bicol medical center after experiencing symptoms. april 24 during a press conference that was held at 8 am, duterte announced another extension for the enhanced community quarantine until may 15, 2020, but only for selected provinces that are considered as high-risk areas. other provinces will be placed under general community quarantine effective may 1, 2020. two hundred eleven new cases were confirmed on april 24, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 7,172. fifteen new deaths and forty new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 477 and recovered patients to 762. april 25 - ifugao logged its first covid-19 case, a 65-year-old patient resident of poblacion east, lamut and later admitted at region-2 trauma and medical center in bayombong, nueva vizcaya. april 29 – two hundred fifty-four new cases were confirmed on april 29, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 8,212. twenty-eight new deaths and forty-eight new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 558 and recovered patients to 1,023. april 30 the supreme court has allowed reduced bail and release on own recognizance as modes of release for indigent detainees during pandemic. president duterte issued executive order no. 112, s. 2020 – placing ecq in ncr, central luzon (except aurora), calabarzon, benguet, pangasinan, iloilo, cebu, bacolod, and davao city; and gcq for the rest of the country may 1–15, 2020. may may 1 sulu confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 63-year-old male resident of indanan town with no travel history but died on april 19 at sulu sanitarium hospital following a respiratory failure. the enhanced community quarantine has been replaced with the general community quarantine in certain areas with lower risk of community transmission. meanwhile, high-risk areas such as metro manila, calabarzon, central luzon (except aurora), and several other provinces are still under the enhanced community quarantine. may 3 – two hundred ninety-five new cases were confirmed on may 3, bringing the covid-19 cases in the country to 9,223. four new deaths and ninety new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 607 and recovered patients to 1,214. may 4 - zamboanga del norte confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 63-year-old norwegian male national which arrived in dipolog on march 2. he admitted in a private hospital on april 26 but later airlifted to manila on may 2. may 5 - davao occidental confirmed its first covid-19 case, a 65-year-old woman resident with no travel history outside the province except when she was admitted at southern philippines medical center following he stroke. may 6 the country breached the 10,000-mark in its tally covid-19 cases with 320 fresh cases recorded, bringing the total to 10,004. twenty-one new deaths and ninety-eight new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 658 and recovered patients to 1,506. president duterte signed executive order no. 114, s. 2020, institutionalizing and creating a council for balik probinsya, bagong pag-asa program as a framework for balanced regional development and as an aid to decongest cases in the ncr. may 11 - camarines norte confirmed first case of covid-19, a 45-year-old male resident of labo town. may 14 the government has lifts restrictions on filipino departures for overseas employment. sorsogon logged its first covid-19 case, a 37-year-old male seafarer who arrived from miami, florida. he was previously quarantined in matnog but later admitted at sorsogon provincial hospital.