Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia (2023)
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia |
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The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia during 2023.
Timeline
January
Date | Cases | Recoveries | Deaths | Current cases | Sources | |||||
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New | Total | New | Total | New | Total | Active | ICU | Ventilators | ||
1 | 420 | 5,027,097 | 547 | 4,978,369 | 4 | 7,854 | 11,871 | 30 | 9 | [1] |
2 | 360 | 5,027,457 | 423 | 4,978,792 | 1 | 36,858 | 11,807 | 30 | 16 | [2] |
3 | 333 | 5,027,790 | 376 | 4,979,168 | 1 | 36,859 | 11,763 | 32 | 20 | [3] |
4 | 433 | 5,028,223 | 500 | 4,979,668 | 0 | 36,859 | 11,696 | 31 | 21 | [4] |
5 | 571 | 5,028,794 | 696 | 4,980,364 | 7 | 36,866 | 11,564 | 38 | 18 | [5] |
6 | 543 | 5,029,337 | 688 | 4,981,052 | 4 | 36,870 | 11,415 | 33 | 14 | [6] |
7 | 571 | 5,029,908 | 551 | 4,981,603 | 4 | 36,874 | 11,431 | 34 | 15 | [7] |
8 | 405 | 5,030,313 | 441 | 4,982,044 | 1 | 36,875 | 11,394 | 32 | 12 | [8] |
9 | 383 | 5,030,696 | 355 | 4,982,399 | 8 | 36,883 | 11,414 | 28 | 11 | [9] |
10 | 380 | 5,031,076 | 373 | 4,982,772 | 9 | 36,892 | 11,412 | 26 | 11 | [10] |
11 | 367 | 5,031,443 | 398 | 4,983,170 | 9 | 36,901 | 11,372 | 24 | 12 | [11] |
12 | 383 | 5,031,826 | 625 | 4,983,795 | 4 | 36,905 | 11,126 | 20 | 8 | [12] |
13 | 320 | 5,032,146 | 506 | 4,984,301 | 3 | 36,908 | 10,937 | 17 | 5 | [13] |
14 | 287 | 5,032,433 | 590 | 4,984,891 | 0 | 36,908 | 10,634 | 20 | 7 | [14] |
15 | 244 | 5,032,677 | 401 | 4,985,292 | 0 | 36,908 | 10,477 | 20 | 9 | [15] |
16 | 227 | 5,032,904 | 367 | 4,985,659 | 6 | 36,914 | 10,331 | 21 | 9 | [16] |
17 | 350 | 5,033,254 | 349 | 4,986,008 | 5 | 36,919 | 10,327 | 16 | 8 | [17] |
18 | 371 | 5,033,625 | 304 | 4,986,312 | 4 | 36,923 | 10,390 | 16 | 14 | [18] |
19 | 318 | 5,033,943 | 331 | 4,986,643 | 0 | 36,923 | 10,377 | 19 | 15 | [19] |
20 | 285 | 5,034,228 | 300 | 4,986,943 | 7 | 36,930 | 10,355 | 16 | 14 | [20] |
21 | 293 | 5,034,521 | 326 | 4,987,269 | 2 | 36,932 | 10,320 | 12 | 10 | [21] |
22 | 309 | 5,034,830 | 292 | 4,987,561 | 0 | 36,932 | 10,337 | 13 | 10 | [22] |
23 | 142 | 5,034,972 | 267 | 4,987,828 | 0 | 36,932 | 10,212 | 16 | 11 | [23] |
24 | 101 | 5,035,073 | 315 | 4,988,143 | 0 | 36,932 | 9,998 | 12 | 10 | [24] |
25 | 132 | 5,035,205 | 346 | 4,988,489 | 1 | 36,933 | 9,783 | 11 | 10 | [25] |
26 | 172 | 5,035,377 | 325 | 4,988,814 | 3 | 36,936 | 9,627 | 13 | 10 | [26] |
27 | 236 | 5,035,613 | 312 | 4,989,126 | 2 | 36,938 | 9,549 | 14 | 11 | [27] |
28 | 258 | 5,035,871 | 309 | 4,989,435 | 2 | 36,490 | 9,496 | 17 | 14 | [28] |
29 | 269 | 5,036,140 | 285 | 4,989,720 | 0 | 36,940 | 9,480 | 21 | 14 | [29] |
30 | 202 | 5,036,342 | 141 | 4,989,861 | 2 | 36,942 | 9,539 | 23 | 12 | [30] |
31 | 251 | 5,036,593 | 0 | 4,989,861 | 0 | 36,942 | 9,790 | 15 | 9 | [31] |
On 3 January, Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa announced several measures to curb rising cases as travel increased including testing all overseas travellers for fever and offering walk-in vaccinations at hospitals and clinics from 9 January.[32]
On 4 January, Sabah's State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun announced that all travellers from China would have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and had to present a negative COVID-19 test.[33]
On 10 January, the Ministry of Health confirmed that the Immigration Department would be screening travellers from China for COVID-19 in response to an outbreak in China.[34]
On 12 January, Menteri Besar of Selangor Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari stated that the Selangor state government was considering stepping up COVID-19 prevention measures including contact tracing measures if the number of cases in the state rose. He also encouraged residents to take booster doses.[35] That same day, Dr Mustafa confirmed that Malaysia would not be closing its borders since the COVID-19 situation in the country was under control. However, border screenings would continue.[36]
On 13 January, the states of Sarawak and Kedah began screening the temperatures of travellers entering their borders.[37][38]
On 27 January, The Star reported that Penang state had only reported a total of 235 new cases between 12 and 25 January 2023. Only one of the state's 92 mukim (or sub-districts) remained a red-zone.[39]
On 29 January, the Ministry of Health confirmed that 9,088 of the 9,480 active cases were undergoing home quarantine. In addition 371 individuals (3.9%) were hospitalised with 21 of these cases undergoing intensive care.[40]
February
Date | Cases | Recoveries | Deaths | Current cases | Sources | |||||
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New | Total | New | Total | New | Total | Active | ICU | Ventilators | ||
1 | 325 | 5,036,918 | 113 | 4,990,079 | 0 | 36,942 | 9,897 | 14 | 9 | [41] |
2 | 324 | 5,037,242 | 148 | 4,990,227 | 0 | 36,942 | 10,073 | 12 | 6 | [42] |
3 | 340 | 5,037,582 | 203 | 4,990,430 | 0 | 36,942 | 10,210 | 8 | 5 | [43] |
4 | 202 | 5,037,784 | 275 | 4,990,705 | 1 | 36,943 | 10,136 | 6 | 6 | [44] |
5 | 211 | 5,037,995 | 272 | 4,990,977 | 0 | 36,943 | 10,075 | 10 | 8 | [45] |
6 | 175 | 5,038,170 | 196 | 4,991,173 | 1 | 36,944 | 10,053 | 6 | 5 | [46] |
7 | 184 | 5,038,354 | 253 | 4,991,426 | 2 | 36,946 | 9,982 | 4 | 4 | [47] |
8 | 189 | 5,038,543 | 279 | 4,991,705 | 0 | 36,946 | 9,892 | 7 | 4 | [48] |
9 | 269 | 5,038,812 | 375 | 4,992,080 | 0 | 36,946 | 9,786 | 8 | 4 | [49] |
10 | 255 | 5,039,067 | 306 | 4,992,386 | 4 | 36,950 | 9,731 | 12 | 5 | [50] |
11 | 259 | 5,039,326 | 390 | 4,992,776 | 1 | 36,951 | 9,599 | 11 | 4 | [51] |
12 | 160 | 5,039,486 | 358 | 4,993,134 | 0 | 36,951 | 9,401 | 9 | 4 | [52] |
13 | 164 | 5,039,650 | 254 | 4,993,388 | 1 | 36,952 | 9,310 | 11 | 6 | [53] |
14 | 200 | 5,039,850 | 155 | 4,993,543 | 1 | 36,953 | 9,354 | 11 | 5 | [54] |
15 | 237 | 5,040,087 | 215 | 4,993,758 | 1 | 36,954 | 9,375 | 8 | 4 | [55] |
16 | 281 | 5,040,368 | 257 | 4,994,015 | 0 | 36,954 | 9,399 | 8 | 2 | [56] |
17 | 241 | 5,040,609 | 235 | 4,994,250 | 0 | 36,954 | 9,405 | 9 | 3 | [57] |
18 | 212 | 5,040,821 | 310 | 4,994,560 | 1 | 36,955 | 9,306 | 6 | 3 | [58] |
19 | 186 | 5,041,007 | 158 | 4,994,718 | 1 | 36,956 | 9,333 | 7 | 4 | [59] |
20 | 167 | 5,041,174 | 169 | 4,994,888 | 1 | 36,957 | 9,330 | 9 | 6 | [60] |
21 | 184 | 5,041,358 | 192 | 4,995,079 | 0 | 36,957 | 9,322 | 8 | 6 | [61] |
22 | 229 | 5,041,587 | 227 | 4,995,306 | 0 | 36,957 | 9,324 | 8 | 6 | [62] |
23 | 224 | 5,041,811 | 278 | 4,995,584 | 0 | 36,957 | 9,270 | 9 | 7 | [63] |
24 | 204 | 5,042,015 | 254 | 4,995,838 | 0 | 36,957 | 9,220 | 9 | 6 | [64] |
25 | 173 | 5,042,188 | 219 | 4,996,057 | 0 | 36,957 | 9,174 | 12 | 7 | [65] |
26 | 207 | 5,042,395 | 175 | 4,996,232 | 0 | 36,957 | 9,206 | 10 | 6 | [66] |
27 | 190 | 5,042,585 | 177 | 4,996,409 | 0 | 36,957 | 9,219 | 6 | 3 | [67] |
28 | 206 | 5,042,791 | 176 | 4,996,585 | 1 | 36,958 | 9,248 | 7 | 3 | [68] |
On 10 February, Health Minister Mustafa confirmed that the Health Ministry would establish a task force to write a
On 13 February, Director-General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah confirmed that COVID-19 data would potentially be released on a weekly rather than daily basis from March 2023.[70]
On 16 February, the Sabah state government confirmed that it would change the frequency of its COVID-19 statements from daily updates to weekly updates issued on Monday.[71]
March
Date | Cases | Recoveries | Deaths | Current cases | Sources | |||||
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New | Total | New | Total | New | Total | Active | ICU | Ventilators | ||
1 | 217 | 5,043,008 | 233 | 4,996,818 | 2 | 36,960 | 9,230 | 7 | 3 | [72] |
2 | 244 | 5,043,252 | 213 | 4,997,031 | 5 | 36,965 | 9,256 | 7 | 2 | [73] |
3 | 204 | 5,043,456 | 213 | 4,997,244 | 0 | 36,965 | 9,247 | 6 | 1 | [74] |
4 | 170 | 5,043,626 | 178 | 4,997,422 | 0 | 36,965 | 9,239 | 4 | 1 | [75] |
5 | 164 | 5,043,790 | 198 | 4,997,620 | 1 | 36,966 | 9,204 | 2 | 0 | [76] |
6 | 188 | 5,043,978 | 181 | 4,997,801 | 0 | 36,966 | 9,211 | 2 | 0 | [77] |
7 | 226 | 5,044,204 | 202 | 4,998,003 | 0 | 36,966 | 9,235 | 4 | 0 | [78] |
8 | 235 | 5,044,439 | 216 | 4,998,219 | 1 | 36,967 | 9,253 | 6 | 1 | [79] |
9 | 279 | 5,044,718 | 236 | 4,998,455 | 0 | 36,967 | 9,296 | 5 | 1 | [80] |
10 | 251 | 5,044,969 | 197 | 4,998,652 | 0 | 36,967 | 9,350 | 6 | 2 | [81] |
11 | 223 | 5,045,192 | 193 | 4,998,845 | 0 | 36,967 | 9,380 | 4 | 1 | [82] |
18 | 270 | 5,047,040 | 235 | 5,000,411 | 3 | 36,972 | 9,657 | 8 | 4 | [83] |
25 | 355 | 5,049,268 | 257 | 5,002,242 | 7 | 36,979 | 10,047 | 11 | 7 | [84] |
On 4 March, Health Minister Zainal Mustafa confirmed that three COVID-19 cases had been detected among flood victims in the state of Johor and quarantined in hospitals.[85]
On 20 March, the Terrengganu Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (Maidam) eliminated facemask requirements for all mosque and surau attendees in the state.[86]
On 29 March,
April
Date | Cases | Recoveries | Deaths | Current cases | Sources | |||||
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New | Total | New | Total | New | Total | Active | ICU | Ventilators | ||
1 | 599 | 5,052,337 | 375 | 5,004,043 | 1 | 36,982 | 11,312 | 13 | 9 | [88] |
8 | 726 | 5,056,911 | 584 | 5,006,634 | 16 | 36,994 | 13,283 | 10 | 4 | [89] |
15 | 881 | 5,062,060 | 760 | 5,010,543 | 4 | 37,000 | 14,517 | 14 | 10 | [90] |
22 | 562 | 5,066,877 | 881 | 5,015,705 | 11 | 37,011 | 14,161 | 16 | 12 | [91] |
29 | 1,050 | 5,071,840 | 600 | 5,020,529 | 9 | 37,020 | 14,291 | 29 | 22 | [92] |
By 6 April, 458 patients had been hospitalised, with 13 in intensive care and 9 on ventilator support.[93]
On 7 April, the Health Ministry approved the use of AstraZeneca's Evusheld 100mg/ml solution for treating COVID-19 patients.[94]
On 11 April, Kedah state's Health and Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Dr Mohd Hayati Othman advised the public to wear masks in public spaces after COVID-19 cases increased by 141.4 percent (or 169 cases) during the first week of the month.[95]
On 14 April,
On 17 April, in response to rising cases and social gatherings during the
On 25 April, Health Minister Zainal Mustafa confirmed that the SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.16 (Arcturus) viral subvariant had arrived in Malaysia. 12 cases were reported; with six in Sarawak, four in Selangor and two in Kuala Lumpur.[98]
On 28 April, Health Minister Zainal encouraged school students to wear face masks when returning to school the following week.[99]
May
Date | Cases | Recoveries | Deaths | Current cases | Sources | |||||
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New | Total | New | Total | New | Total | Active | ICU | Ventilators | ||
6 | 1,110 | 5,079,436 | 1,112 | 5,025,566 | 0 | 37,028 | 16,842 | 41 | 24 | [100] |
13 | 1,205 | 5,088,009 | 1,248 | 5,029,873 | 18 | 37,046 | 21,090 | 36 | 25 | [101] |
20 | 786 | 5,094,448 | 1,272 | 5,038,256 | 3 | 37,070 | 19,122 | 34 | 25 | [102] |
27 | 782 | 5,100,249 | 779 | 5,044,652 | 1 | 37,087 | 18,510 | 30 | 24 | [103] |
In early May 2023, the
On 8 May, Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa announced that COVID-19 would no longer be considered a public health emergency, citing a recent decision by the World Health Organization's Emergency Committee of the International Health Regulations (2005) on 4 May.[105]
On 16 May, Sabah's Tuaran district was placed back in the "red zone" after recording a spike of 26 cases in the previous week (7 to 13 May).[106]
On 23 May, Sarawak's Deputy Premier Dr Sim Kui Hian announced that the COVID-19 pandemic in his state was declining, citing lower mortality figures in 2023 compared with last year. At the time, Sarawak had reported nine COVID-19 deaths in 2023, with a mortality rate of 0.31 per 100,000 people. In 2022, Sarawak had reported 167 COVID-19 deaths, with a mortality rate of 5.41 per 100,000 people.[107]
June
Date | Cases | Recoveries | Deaths | Current cases | Sources | |||||
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New | Total | New | Total | New | Total | Active | ICU | Ventilators | ||
2 | 569 | 5,104,772 | 845 | 5,050,356 | 13 | 37,100 | 17,316 | 22 | 15 | [108] |
10 | 618 | 5,108,586 | 626 | 5,053,329 | 10 | 37,110 | 18,147 | 13 | 7 | [109] |
17 | 400 | 5,112,019 | 630 | 5,057,145 | 8 | 37,118 | 17,756 | 15 | 12 | [110] |
24 | 341 | 5,114,717 | 541 | 5,061,264 | 9 | 37,127 | 16,326 | 16 | 9 | [111] |
On 2 June, Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa confirmed that the Government would revise the COVID-19 Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) in mid-June following the World Health Organization's decision to no longer categorise the disease as a global health emergency.[112]
By 8 June, the Malaysian Government had spent RM4.482 billion on vaccine procurement and logistics.[113]
On 16 June, the Health Minister Dr Zaliha reported that the number of COVID-19 cases had decreased by 15.7% between 4 and 10 June; 3,814 cases compared with 4,523 cases reported in the previous week.[114]
On 29 June, Dr Zaliha announced that the Malaysian Government was eliminating facemask requirements on public transportation and healthcare facilities, and reducing the quarantine period from seven to five days, effective 5 July. This announcement came in response to declining local cases and the World Health Organization declaring that COVID-19 was no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).[115][116] The Health Minister also extended the status of local "Infectious endemic area" from 30 June to 31 December 2023.[117]
July
Date | Cases | Recoveries | Deaths | Current cases | Sources | |||||
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New | Total | New | Total | New | Total | Active | ICU | Ventilators | ||
1 | 171 | 5,116,265 | 333 | 5,064,159 | 2 | 37,152 | 14,954 | 11 | 8 | [118] |
8 | 139 | 5,117,487 | 167 | 5,066,437 | 6 | 37,158 | 13,892 | 9 | 4 | [119] |
15 | 173 | 5,118,689 | 141 | 5,067,662 | 2 | 37,160 | 13,867 | 4 | 4 | [120] |
22 | 129 | 5,119,647 | 189 | 5,068,858 | 3 | 37,163 | 13,626 | 20 | 5 | [121] |
29 | 130 | 5,120,581 | 115 | 5,069,820 | 1 | 37,164 | 13,597 | 2 | 0 | [122] |
On 1 July,
On 7 July,
The number of COVID-19 cases dropped by 20 per cent during the week between 16 and 22 July to 958 cases compared to 1,202 cases between 9 and 15 July.[125]
August
Date | Cases | Recoveries | Deaths | Current cases | Sources | |||||
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New | Total | New | Total | New | Total | Active | ICU | Ventilators | ||
5 | 105 | 5,121,276 | 128 | 5,070,750 | 1 | 37,165 | 13,361 | 4 | 1 | [126] |
12 | 73 | 5,121,858 | 96 | 5,072,092 | 0 | 37,165 | 12,601 | 1 | 1 | [127] |
19 | 114 | 5,122,568 | 65 | 5,072,678 | 0 | 37,165 | 12,725 | 3 | 1 | [128] |
26 | 90 | 5,123,264 | 111 | 5,073,384 | 0 | 37,165 | 12,715 | 0 | 0 | [129] |
During the 2023 Malaysian state elections, COVID-19 positive votes received guidelines via the MySejahtera app on how to fulfill their voting responsibilities.[130]
September
Date | Cases | Recoveries | Deaths | Current cases | Sources | |||||
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New | Total | New | Total | New | Total | Active | ICU | Ventilators | ||
2 | 57 | 5,123,801 | 97 | 5,074,097 | 0 | 37,165 | 12,539 | 11 | 4 | [131] |
9 | 108 | 5,124,481 | 53 | 5,076,104 | 2 | 37,167 | 11,210 | 1 | 0 | [132] |
16 | 91 | 5,125,209 | 116 | 5,076,796 | 4 | 37,171 | 11,242 | 2 | 0 | [133] |
23 | 87 | 5,125,900 | 89 | 5,077,516 | 1 | 37,172 | 11,212 | 2 | 0 | [134] |
30 | 97 | 5,126,683 | 91 | 5,078,210 | 3 | 37,175 | 11,298 | 3 | 1 | [135] |
October
Date | Cases | Recoveries | Deaths | Current cases | Sources | |||||
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New | Total | New | Total | New | Total | Active | ICU | Ventilators | ||
7 | 142 | 5,127,616 | 91 | 5,078,992 | 2 | 37,177 | 11,447 | 1 | 1 | [136] |
14 | 181 | 5,128,668 | 131 | 5,079,933 | 2 | 37,179 | 11,556 | 0 | 1 | [137] |
21 | 157 | 5,129,800 | 176 | 5,080,973 | 2 | 37,181 | 11,646 | 5 | 2 | [138] |
28 | 207 | 5,131,139 | 151 | 5,082,106 | 0 | 37,181 | 11,852 | 4 | 4 | [139] |
November
Date | Cases | Recoveries | Deaths | Current cases | Sources | |||||
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New | Total | New | Total | New | Total | Active | ICU | Ventilators | ||
4 | 262 | 5,132,831 | 810 | 5,084,061 | 5 | 37,186 | 11,584 | 4 | 3 | [140] |
Malaysia reported 2,305 cases between 12 and 18 November, a 28% increase from the previous week. These included 28 new Omicron variant cases.[141]
December
Date | Cases | Recoveries | Deaths | Current cases | Sources | |||||
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New | Total | New | Total | New | Total | Active | ICU | Ventilators | ||
2 | 1,126 | 5,147,359 | 610 | 5,094,830 | 0 | 37,202 | 15,327 | 8 | 5 | [142] |
9 | 2,554 | 5,160,116 | 1,164 | 5,102,881 | 16 | 37,218 | 20,017 | 21 | 13 | [143] |
16 | 3,389 | 5,180,812 | 2,276 | 5,115,191 | 28 | 37,246 | 28,375 | 22 | 14 | [144] |
23 | 3,499 | 5,206,724 | 3,376 | 5,136,171 | 22 | 37,268 | 33,285 | 44 | 22 | [145] |
30 | 2,803 | 5,227,322 | 3,488 | 5,162,135 | 5 | 37,293 | 27,894 | 58 | 34 | [146] |
In response to a rise of COVID-19 cases, retirement homes and the Kedah Immigration Department reinstated face mask requirements.[147][148] In addition, mask wearing was encouraged in mosques, suraus, retailers, eateries, and kindergartens.[149][150][151] On 20 December, the Health Ministry also encouraged people to take the COVID-19 vaccines, publishing a list of 234 vaccination centres on the MySejahtera app.[152]
On 21 December, Malaysia reactivated its Heightened Alert System in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases domestically and in the wider Southeast Asia region.[153] That same day, Johor state reported a 20-fold increase in COVID-19 cases.[154] The Sarawak government also approved RM 4.85 million to help the Health Department cope with rising COVID-19 cases.[155]
On 27 December, the Government deployed health department officials and medical staff at flood evacuation centres in Terengganu to screen people for COVID-19.[156]
On 28 December, Kedah health authorities confirmed that the situation was under control at two COVID-19 clusters in
On 29 December, the Health Ministry stated that COVID-19 cases in Malaysia were under control, with only 0.5% of patients admitted to hospital and a death rate of 0.08%.[158]
On 30 December, 14 new COVID-19 cases were reported at flood evacuation centres in Kelantan and Terengganu.[159]
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