COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila
Ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Metro Manila in the Philippines. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1]
COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Metro Manila |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Manila |
Arrival date | January 30, 2020 (4 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 6 days) |
Confirmed cases | 1,328,515 |
Active cases | 6,074 |
Recovered | 1,308,612 |
Deaths | 13,829 |
Fatality rate | 1.0% |
Government website | |
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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.[2][3]
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.[4]