MANILA — The COVID-19 task force has approved placing more areas under Alert Level 1, Malacañang said on Friday.

Acting Palace spokesperson Martin Andanar said the following areas would shift to the lowest of 5 pandemic alert levels levels from April 9 to 15.

• Mountain Province
• Southern Leyte
• Misamis Oriental
• Buguias in Benguet
• Atimonan and Tiaong in Quezon
• Santa Magdalena in Sorsogon
• City of Masbate in Masbate
• Batad and Zarraga in Iloilo
• City of Talisay in Cebu
• Javier (Bugho) and La Paz in Leyte
• Maslog in Easter Samar
• Paranas (Wright) in Samar (Western Samar)
• Linamon in Lanao del Norte
• Calamba in Misamis Occidental
• Padada in Davao del Sur
• Sibagat in Agusan del Sur
• Tubajon and Cagdianao in Dinagat Islands

Areas not mentioned above will remain under their respective alert levels until April 15, Andanar said in a statement.

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Metro Manila, home to some 13 million people, was placed under Alert Level 1 since March 1.

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The Philippines posted 278 new cases on Thursday, less than 300 fresh infections for the fourth straight day, ABS-CBN Data Analytics head Edson Guido said.

The 31,472 active COVID-19 cases is considered the lowest since Jan. 4, he added.

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