COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila

The COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus reached Metro Manila on January 30, 2020, when the first case of COVID-19 in the Philippines was confirmed in Manila. Metro Manila is the worst affected region in the Philippines, where most cases in the country are recorded. A state of calamity and community quarantine was declared in the region on March 15.

COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila
Clockwise, starting from top:
  • A medical worker attending to a patient in Manila
  • Unloading of aid packages donated by China at Villamor Air Base
  • Police checkpoint in Valenzuela, Metro Manila
  • Ninoy Aquino Stadium quarantine facility at Rizal Memorial Sports Complex
  • A person undergoing a swab test at Palacio de Maynila
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationMetro Manila
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseManila
Arrival dateJanuary 30, 2020
(4 years, 2 months and 3 weeks)
Confirmed cases 1,328,515
Active cases 6,074
Recovered 1,308,612
Deaths
 13,829
Fatality rate1.0%
Government website
ncroffice.doh.gov.ph

After a month of no new cases in the country, the first case of someone without travel history abroad was confirmed on March 5, a 62-year-old male who frequented a Muslim prayer hall in San Juan City, raising suspicions that a community transmission of COVID-19 is already underway in the Philippines. The man's wife was confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 on March 7, which was also the first local transmission to be confirmed.

By March 2022, much of the pandemic restrictions were lifted.

As of May 16, 2023, there have been 1,328,515 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila, with 13,829 deaths.

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