COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila
| 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 (5 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 4 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 1,328,515 |
| Active cases | 6,074 |
| Recovered | 1,308,612 |
Deaths | 13,829 |
| Fatality rate | 1.0% |
| Government website | |
| ncroffice | |
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.
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.