15 days after and on April 4 (9pm), Community Quarantine became an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) through an Executive Order (EO) 23. The ECQ would last until April 19 with a possibility of an extension and with stricter measures and rules in placed.

Under Enhanced Community Quarantine, majority of the offices and non-essential establishments remain close but groceries, hardwares and public markets are open. Eateries and fast food chain restaurants are functional but only for take-outs and delivery through food delivery service providers.

Public Transportation has been halted with the exemption of taxis while the city government provided free bus rides to employees of essential establishments that are remain to be operational. All flights are still cancelled until further notice. Alcohol ban is now 24 hours and daily curfew is from 6 in the evening until 6 in the morning, both are in effect until the public health emergency is lifted.

The quarantine pass cards issued to the residents are also now in effect to be used (effective April 07). The cards can be used by the residents to go out of their houses to sort out essential needs like to buy food and medicine, do some money sending errands, grocery chores and banking but with stricter usage policies stipulated (e.g.-- per household, two persons are named and allowed, but only one person at any given time can use the card and must be outside of curfew hours).

On 15th April, City Mayor Sara Duterte said that the current Enhanced Cmmunity Quarantine will be extended from April 19 to April 26. She also added that ECQ will be implemented in the entire Davao Region. The extension was due to the three new positive cases in Davao City.

April 15 also marked the 30th day of implementation of quarantine measures in Davao City.

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