Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia (2023)

Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia

The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia during 2023.

Timeline

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January

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Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources
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

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Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources
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 White Paper on the COVID-19 vaccine procurement practices of previous Malaysian governments.[69]

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

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Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources
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, Penang General Hospital infectious diseases unit head Datuk Dr Chow Ting Soo advised high-risk individuals including those with comorbidities to wear face masks to protect against various infectious diseases including the Omicron variant of COVID-19.[87]

April

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Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources
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, Melaka's State Health director Datuk Dr Rusdi Abd Rahman reported 226 cases at three boarding schools in the state.[96]

On 17 April, in response to rising cases and social gatherings during the Hari Raya Puasa period, several public health experts including Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Prof Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh, Universiti Malaya Professor Dr Moy Foong Ming, and Malaysian Public Health Physicians Association president Datuk Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar, and Universiti Putra Malaysia medical epidemiologist Assoc Prof Dr Malina Osman advocated various health measures including booster vaccines, mask wearing, and for positive cases to isolate at home.[97]

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

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Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources
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 Straits Times reported a fresh wave of cases in Malaysia during the second half of April. By 29 April, the number of hospitalisations had risen by 9.2% to 3,381; the death toll had risen by 25%; and the hospital occupancy rate had risen by 70.3%.[104]

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

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Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources
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

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Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources
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, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia family medicine specialist Assoc Prof Dr Mohd Radzniwan Abd Rashid and Universiti Putra Malaysia public health practitioner Assoc Prof Dr Malina Osman welcomed the Government's decision to revise its standard operation procedures, citing the World Health Organization's decision to declare that COVID-19 was no longer a global health emergency.[123]

On 7 July, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia public health specialist Prof Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh advocated mask-wearing as a means of preventing COVID-19 and other respiratory infections.[124]

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

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Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources
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

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Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources
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

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Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources
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

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Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources
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

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Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources
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 Kuala Muda and Kota Setar.[157]

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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