GUIDE: Community Quarantine Classifications from Oct. 16 to 31

Malacañang on Wednesday announced new community quarantine classifications for areas outside Metro Manila effective from Oct. 16 to 31.

The capital region will remain under the COVID-19 alert level system, downgraded one notch Alert Level 3 from Alert Level 4, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said.

READ: Metro Manila Goes Down to Alert Level 3 on Oct. 16

The rest of the country meanwhile will still use the community quarantine system as follows:

MECQ

• Apayao
• Kalinga
• Batanes
• Bulacan
• Bataan
• Cavite
• Rizal
• Laguna
• Naga City
• Zamboanga City 
• Zamboanga del Norte 

GCQ with heightened restrictions

• Abra
• Baguio City
• Ilocos Sur
• Pangasinan
• Cagayan
• Isabela
• City of Santiago
• Nueva Vizcaya
• Quirino
• Quezon
• Batangas
• Bacolod City
• Capiz
• Lapu-Lapu City
• Negros Oriental
• Bohol
• Zamboanga del Sur 
• Misamis Oriental
• Cagayan de Oro City
• Davao del Norte
• Davao Occidental
• Davao de Oro
• Butuan City
• Surigao del Sur 

GCQ

• Ilocos Norte
• Dagupan City
• Ifugao
• Benguet
• Tarlac
• Lucena City
• Occidental Mindoro
• Oriental Mindoro
• Puerto Princesa
• Marinduque
• Albay
• Camarines Norte 
• Aklan
• Antique
• Guimaras
• Negros Occidental
• Iloilo City
• Iloilo Province
• Cebu City
• Cebu Province
• Mandaue City
• Siquijor
• Tacloban City
• Zamboanga Sibugay
• Misamis Occidental
• Iligan City
• Davao City
• Davao Oriental
• Davao del Sur
• General Santos City
• Sultan Kudarat
• Sarangani
• North Cotabato
• South Cotabato
• Agusan del Norte
• Agusan del Sur
• Surigao del Norte
• Dinagat Islands
• Cotabato City
• Lanao del Sur

MGCQ

• Rest of the Philippines