The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Thursday, February 24, 2022, upon the recommendations of the Sub-Technical Working Group (sTWG) on Data Analytics, amended the metrics for determining alert level classifications of provinces, highly urbanized cities (HUCs) and independent component cities (ICCs).

The Alert Level Matrix, as determined by the sTWG on Data Analytics, shall continue to use the cross-tabulation of case classification and total COVID-19 beds utilization. This shall, however, be revised as follows: Cutoffs for the average daily attack rate (ADAR) shall be less than six (6) for Low Risk; six (6) to eighteen (18) for Moderate Risk; and more than eighteen (18) for High Risk.

Moreover, provinces, highly urbanized cities and independent component cities shall be deescalated to Alert Level 1 upon meeting all of the following criteria, amending for this purpose, IATF Resolution No. 146-D (s.2021).

1. low to minimal risk case classification;
2. total bed utilization rate of less than fifty percent (<50%);
3. full vaccination of seventy percent (70%) of its target population (denominator is 80% of its total population); and
4. full vaccination of eighty percent (80%) of its Priority Group A2 (Senior Citizens) target population (denominator is 85% of A2 population).

These revised metrics shall be applied in determining the alert level classification of provinces, highly urbanized cities and independent component cities beginning March 1, 2022. ###OPS