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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.
On 13 February, several health authorities including Medical Practitioners Coalition Association of Malaysia president Dr Raj Kumar Maharajah and Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad reported a downward trend in COVID-19 cases, hospitalisation and deaths in the 14 day period leading up to 10 February.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia has had significant impacts on the country's healthcare system, economy, and daily life.
On 4 June, Malaysia reports 277 new cases of COVID-19, making it the highest new cases a day of Malaysia, but situation in Johor stayed stable. [89] 270 of 277 new cases are in Bukit Jalil Immigration Detention Depot. [90] On 5 June, another fatality was recorded in Kluang Hospital. The victim was a 61-year-old man who have chronic illness. [91]
On 15 March, Malaysia allowed fully vaccinated travellers from Thailand and Cambodia to enter the country without having to undergo quarantine. [95] On 16 March, Malaysia reported its first case of the BA5.2 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. [96] On 21 March, the total number of cases exceeded the 4 million mark, reaching 4,010,952. [84]
As cases rises, Selangor reports 46 new cases on 24 May, bringing the total to 1,776. [79] On 25 May, Malaysia reports 172 new cases nationwide, highest since 11 April. Most of the cases concentrated in Bukit Jalil Immigration Detention Depot of Kuala Lumpur, and Immigration Detention Depot in Selangor had also seen dramatic rise in cases. [80]
A healthcare worker in the Ministry of Health who was a close contact of a positive case. Had chronic illness. Hospitalised on 6 April 2020. [34] 95 4129 22 April 2020 Malaysia: Male 67 Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital Close contact of case number 1575 (57th death case). Had chronic illness. Hospitalised on 8 April 2020. 96 2978 24 April 2020 ...
On December 24, Malaysia exceeded more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases. [437] On 26 December, a record number of 2,335 new cases were confirmed that day. On 30 December, Johor recorded the highest number of cases since the COVID-19 outbreak with a total of 607 cases, with 374 of them coming from the Tembok Choh prison cluster. [448]