The National Capital Region and seven other provinces will be downgraded to Alert Level 2 starting February 1, according to presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles.

Nograles said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) also placed the following areas under Alert Level 2:

  • Batanes
  • Bulacan
  • Cavite
  • Rizal
  • Biliran
  • Southern Leyte
  • Basilan

Meanwhile, the IATF has placed the following provinces and cities under Alert Level 3:

Luzon: 

  • Cordillera Administrative Region
    • Abra
    • Apayao
    • Baguio City
    • Benguet
    • Kalinga
    • Mountain Province; 
  • Region I
    • Dagupan City
    • Ilocos Norte
    • Ilocos Sur
    • La Union
    • Pangasinan  
  • Region II
    • City of Santiago
    • Cagayan
    • Isabela Nueva Vizcaya
    • Quirino 
  • Region III
    • Angeles City
    • Aurora
    • Bataan
    • Nueva Ecija
    • Olongapo City
    • Pampanga
    • Tarlac
    • Zambales 
  • Region IV-A
    • Batangas
    • Laguna
    • Lucena City
    • Quezon Province 
  • Region IV-B
    • Marinduque
    • Romblon
    • Occidental Mindoro
    • Oriental Mindoro
    • Puerto Princesa City 
  • Region V
    • Albay
    • Camarines Norte
    • Camarines Sur
    • Catanduanes
    • Masbate
    • Naga City
    • Sorsogon 

Visayas: 

  • Region VI
    • Aklan
    • Antique
    • Bacolod City
    • Capiz
    • Iloilo City
    • Iloilo
    • Negros Occidental
    • Guimaras 
  • Region VII
    • Cebu City
    • Lapu-Lapu City
    • Mandaue City
    • Bohol
    • Cebu
    • Negros Oriental
    • Siquijor 
  • Region VIII
    • Ormoc City
    • Tacloban City
    • Eastern Samar
    • Leyte
    • Northern Samar
    • Western Samar 

Mindanao:

  • Region IX
    • City of Isabela
    • Zamboanga City
    • Zamboanga Del Sur
    • Zamboanga del Norte
    • Zamboanga Sibugay 
  • Region X
    • Bukidnon
    • Cagayan de Oro City
    • Iligan City
    • Lanao del Norte
    • Misamis Occidental
    • Misamis Oriental 
  • Region XI
    • Davao City
    • Davao Del Sur
    • Davao Del Norte
    • Davao Oriental
    • Davao de Oro 
  • Region XII
    • General Santos City
    • North Cotabato
    • Sarangani
    • South Cotabato
    • Sultan Kudarat 
  • Region XIII
    • Surigao del Norte
    • Surigao Del Sur
    • Agusan Del Norte
    • Agusan del Sur
    • Butuan City
  • Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
    • Maguindanao
    • Cotabato City
    • Lanao Del Sur

The following alert levels will be in effect until February 15, according to Nograles.

The country recorded 17,382 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, according to the Department of Health, with 213,587 active cases.