26 Provinces in the Philippines still COVID-19 Free

All of the 17 regions in the country have already reported cases of COVID-19. However, there are some provinces in the country that have no COVID-19 cases since the Philippines reported its first case in January.

There are 11 provinces in Mindanao, 10 provinces in Luzon, and fice provinces in the Visayas have reported zero cases of COVID-19.

According to the data collected from the Department of Health, the COVID-19 cases in the country continue to concentrate in Metro Manila.


As of April 19, here is the List of Philippine’s provinces that had reported no COVID-19 cases

1.Agusan Del Sur
2.Apayao
3.Aurora
4.Basilan
5.Batanes
6.Biliran
7.Camarines Norte
8.Davao Occidental
9.Dinagat Islands
10.Eastern Samar
11.Guimaras
12.Ifugao


13.Kalinga
14.Masbate
15.Mountain Province
16.Quirino
17.Sarangani
18.Siquijor
19.Sorsogon
20.Southern Leyte
21.Sulu
22.Surigao Del Norte
23.Surigao Del Sur
24.Tawi-Tawi
25.Zamboanga Del Norte
26.Zamboanga Sibugay

These provinces do not include places where confirmed cases were reported but their infected patients, later on, recovered from the illness.

Edgar Mary Sarmiento, the 1st District Representative of Samar, proposed for the reopening of COVID-19-free provinces.

He asked the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases to consider those places with no COVID-19 cases to be released from quarantine after April 30.


In these places, borders will still be closed but the community inside the province will slowly go back to normal operations.

Only 50 percent of the labor force will be allowed to return for duty. The remaining 10 percent will be added to the following week that the province continues to stay free from COVID-19 cases.

According to Sarmiento, his proposal was made due to his concern with the food chain, especially that the raw materials for canned sardines are from Mindanao. Also, he aims to bring back normal operations in the community of those with no COVID-19 cases.

The Philippines have already reported more than 6,500 COVID-19 cases, 437 deaths, and 654 recoveries as of Tuesday.