May 15

The Philippines moves past the 12,000 mark with 12,091 total COVID-19 cases; survivors are at 2,460 while 806 have died. The National Capital Region (NCR) accounts for 144 of the 215 new cases

May 20

As recoveries approach the 3,000 mark, 279 new cases push the country’s total cases to 13,221; 150 of the new cases are reported in Metro Manila

Globally, the tally hits 5 million total COVID-19 infections, with the US reporting 1.5 million, followed by Russia, Brazil, the UK and Spain

May 24

The number of infections reaches 14,035, with 195 of the 258 new cases coming from Metro Manila

May 27

The Philippines reports 15,049 COVID-19 infections, with NCR accounting for 254 of the 380 new cases. Recoveries reach 3,506 while fatalities are at 904

May 28

Metro Manila is set to transition to a two-week “general community quarantine” (GCQ) starting June 1

May 29

The national total rises to 16,634 with the addition of 1,046 cases—1,000 of these are “late cases” or tests whose results were released “more than four days ago” and 46 are “fresh cases” with test results released “within the last three days”

To date, the Philippines has set up 37 facilities to screen for COVID-19 and 11 labs to conduct RT-PCR tests 

May 30

At the four-month mark since its first case, the country lists 252 fresh cases and 338 late cases, for a total of 17,224 individuals ill with COVID-19

May 31

The country logs 18,086 cases, as well as a total of 957 deaths and 3,909 recoveries

Meanwhile, cases top 6 million globally, with 1.7 cases reported in the US. The US also accounts for some 103,000 out of 368,000 deaths overall

June 3

The Philippines jumps past the 19,000 mark to 19,748 on Day 3 of the GCQ after reporting 751 new cases (221 fresh cases and 530 late cases)

June 4

The addition of 634 new cases (313 fresh cases and 321 late cases) brings the Philippines’ total to 20,382

June 6

With 350 fresh cases (104 from Metro Manila, 171 from Central Visayas and 75 from other areas) and 364 late cases, the country tallies a total of 21,340 COVID-19 infections

June 7

Nine fatalities raise the Philippines’ total to 1,003, while recoveries from COVID-19 are at 4,530

June 8

The country logs 22,474 confirmed cases of COVID19 infections after 331 fresh cases and 248 late cases are reported

The pandemic is reported to have killed 400,052 globally—among nations, the toll remains highest in the US with almost 110,000, followed by Britain, Brazil, Italy and France. Also, COVID-19 has sickened more than 7 million people thus far

June 10

Aside from passing the 23,000 mark to reach 23,732 COVID19 infections, the country also reports 159 recoveries to bring the total recoveries to 4,895

June 11

With 253 fresh cases and 190 late cases, the Philippines slips past the 24,000 mark to notch 24,175 COVID-19 cases

June 13

Philippine COVID-19 infections are now at 25,392; the latest figure includes 504 fresh cases and 103 late cases

June 15

The GCQ in Metro Manila is extended until June 30 After the addition of 348 fresh cases and 142 late cases, the Philippine tally reaches 26,420 persons ill with COVID-19

June 16

The world records more than 8 million confirmed cases, while recoveries pass 3.8 million. The US, Brazil and the UK lead in terms of the number of deaths, now totaling more than 400,000 globally