Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia (2022)

The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia during 2022.

Timeline January

Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources New Total New Total New Total Active ICU Ventilators 1 3,386 2,761,472 3,547 2,688,925 26 31,513 41,034 273 159 2 2,882 2,764,354 3,291 2,692,216 19 31,352 40,606 284 156 3 2,690 2,767,044 3,535 2,695,751 28 31,560 39,733 265 147 4 2,842 2,769,886 2,862 2,698,613 31 31,591 39,682 252 134 5 3,270 2,773,156 3,195 2,701,808 18 31,609 39,739 257 137 6 3,543 2,776,699 3,484 2,705,292 19 31,628 39,779 253 130 7 3,381 2,780,080 3,447 2,708,739 16 31,644 39,697 254 114 8 3,251 2,783,331 3,161 2,711,900 11 31,655 39,776 253 115 9 2,888 2,786,219 2,714 2,714,614 23 31,678 39,927 248 117 10 2,641 2,788,860 2,808 2,717,422 18 31,696 39,742 253 106 11 3,175 2,792,035 2,977 2,720,399 27 31,723 39,913 229 99 12 3,198 2,795,233 3,200 2,723,599 15 31,738 39,896 215 105 13 3,684 2,798,917 3,292 2,726,891 12 31,750 40,276 198 105 14 3,346 2,802,263 3,052 2,729,943 12 31,762 40,558 204 95 15 3,074 2,805,337 2,828 2,732,771 19 31,718 40,785 193 90 16 3,010 2,808,347 2,584 2,735,355 12 31,793 41,199 182 83 17 2,342 2,810,689 2,907 2,738,262 16 31,809 40,618 184 87 18 3,245 2,813,934 3,093 2,741,355 9 31,818 40,761 183 84 19 3,229 2,817,163 2,848 2,744,203 13 31,831 41,129 162 76 20 3,764 2,820,927 3,254 2,747,457 22 31,853 41,167 160 72 21 4,046 2,824,973 2,804 2,750,261 16 31,869 42,843 149 71 22 4,116 2,829,089 2,858 2,753,119 14 31,882 44,088 141 62 23 3,856 2,832,945 2,814 2,755,933 9 31,892 45,120 143 53 24 3,214 2,836,159 3,116 2,759,049 10 31,902 45,208 146 65 25 4,066 2,840,225 3,559 2,762,608 16 31,918 45,699 131 65 26 4,744 2,844,969 3,646 2,766,254 12 31,930 46,785 129 72 27 5,439 2,850,408 4,409 2,770,663 10 31,940 47,805 124 70 28 5,522 2,855,930 3,285 2,773,948 12 31,952 50,030 127 70 29 5,139 2,861,069 3,767 2,777,715 5 31,957 51,397 119 69 30 4,915 2,865,984 3,056 2,780,771 8 31,965 53,248 120 65 31 4,774 2,870,758 3,232 2,784,003 13 31,978 54,777 114 62

On 12 January 2022, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin confirmed that fully-vaccinate travellers and travellers who had previously contracted COVID-19 would not need to undergo mandatory quarantine. Those who had been infected with COVID-19 had to present evidence they had been infected 11 to 60 days prior to travelling to Malaysia and a "fit to travel" letter.

On 16 January, the Malaysian Ministry of Health updated its isolation procedures for COVID-19 positive cases. Fully-vaccinated individuals with no symptoms have to isolate for seven days while individuals with incomplete vaccinations or are asymptomatic cases have to isolate for ten days.

February

Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources New Total New Total New Total Active ICU Ventilators 1 5,566 2,876,324 3,187 2,787,187 7 31,985 57,152 113 59 2 5,736 2,882,060 3,196 2,790,383 7 31,992 59,685 112 54 3 5,720 2,887,780 3,968 2,794,354 8 32,000 61,426 114 56 4 7,234 2,895,014 5,254 2,799,608 11 32,011 63,395 118 57 5 9,117 2,904,131 6,546 2,806,154 14 32,025 65,952 123 67 6 10,089 2,914,220 6,460 2,812,614 9 32,034 69,572 137 71 7 11,034 2,925,254 6,036 2,818,650 9 32,043 74,561 135 81 8 8,510 2,939,198 5,421 2,824,071 13 32,056 83,701 138 71 9 17,134 2,956,332 5,681 2,829,752 9 32,065 94,515 147 79 10 19,090 2,975,422 5,712 2,835,464 10 32,075 107,883 158 78 11 20,939 2,996,361 5,807 2,841,271 24 32,099 122,991 155 80 12 22,708 2,998,909 5,422 2,846,713 15 32,114 140,336 176 98 13 21,072 3,040,235 5,274 2,852,437 11 32,125 155,673 187 109 14 21,315 3,061,550 8,517 2,860,954 24 32,149 168,447 199 115 15 22,053 3,063,203 7,584 2,868,538 31 32,180 182,965 194 120 16 27,713 3,090,916 7,912 2,876,450 21 32,180 202,884 204 116 17 26,569 3,117,485 11,744 2,888,194 39 32,239 217,781 216 141 18 27,689 3,166,023 12,488 2,900,682 36 32,726 233,065 235 132 19 28,825 3,194,848 18,514 2,919,196 34 32,310 243,342 238 130 20 26,832 3,221,680 18,459 2,937,655 37 32,347 251,678 247 139 21 25,099 3,246,779 17,749 2,955,404 43 32,390 258,985 272 164 22 27,179 3,273,958 19,037 2,974,441 43 32,433 267,084 286 180 23 31,199 3,305,157 20,399 2,994,840 55 32,488 277,829 305 191 24 32,070 3,337,227 23,332 3,018,172 46 32,534 286,521 327 201 25 30,644 3,367,871 22,678 3,040,850 57 32,591 294,430 332 196 26 27,299 3,395,170 22,710 3,063,560 43 32,634 298,976 348 203 27 24,466 3,419,636 22,710 3,086,270 40 32,674 300,692 353 193 28 23,100 3,442,736 30,624 3,116,564 75 32,749 293,423 361 193

On 9 February, former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin tested positive for COVID-19.

On 13 February, the total number of cases in Malaysia exceeded the 3 million mark, reaching 3,040,235.

By 24 February, the total number of recoveries in Malaysia had exceeded the 3 million mark, reaching 3,018,172.

By 24 February, the number of cases among children below the age of 11 had risen from 2,492 cases on 13 February to 3,863 on 25 February. In addition, cases among adolescents aged 12 to 17 rose from 1,496 on 13 February to 1,849 on 25 February. Similarly, cases among adults aged between 18 and 59 years rose from 12,634 on 13 February to 20,771 on 25 February. Likewise, cases among senior citizens (aged 60 years and above) rose from 1,334 on 13 February to 2,261 on 25 February.

March

Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources New Total New Total New Total Active ICU Ventilators 1 25,854 3,468,590 25,548 3,142,112 78 32,827 293,651 374 213 2 27,500 3,496,090 0 3,142,112 115 32,942 321,036 360 194 3 32,467 3,528,557 27,629 3,197,298 86 33,028 298,231 355 208 4 33,209 3,561,766 26,352 3,223,650 22 33,106 305,010 348 211 5 33,406 3,595,172 27,143 3,250,793 67 33,173 311,206 371 226 6 27,435 3,622,607 30,335 3,281,128 55 33,228 308,251 379 216 7 26,856 3,649,463 30,726 3,311,854 77 33,305 304,304 368 223 8 31,490 3,680,953 29,035 3,340,889 79 33,384 306,680 373 223 9 30,246 3,711,199 26,653 3,367,542 113 33,497 310,160 388 225 10 30,787 3,741,986 36,457 3,393,999 70 33,567 314,420 389 229 11 32,800 3,774,786 24,444 3,418,443 76 33,643 322,700 380 231 12 26,250 3,801,036 25,089 3,443,532 77 33,720 323,784 367 211 13 22,535 3,823,571 25,356 3,468,888 87 33,807 320,876 384 222 14 22,030 3,845,601 33,872 3,502,760 92 33,899 308,942 388 215 15 26,534 3,872,135 31,234 3,533,994 95 33,994 304,147 376 222 16 28,298 3,900,433 33,009 3,567,003 105 34,099 299,331 374 233 17 27,004 3,927,437 29,450 3,596,453 85 34,185 296,799 373 225 18 24,241 3,951,678 26,615 3,623,068 59 34,244 294,366 383 222 19 11,091 3,974,019 33,347 3,656,415 85 34,329 283,275 390 219 20 19,105 3,993,124 28,250 3,684,665 71 34,400 274,059 371 203 21 17,828 4,010,952 28,003 3,712,668 63 34,463 263,821 358 199 22 21,483 4,032,435 32,561 3,745,229 73 34,535 252,671 339 209 23 22,491 4,054,926 26,234 3,771,463 63 34,60 248,863 332 189 24 24,316 4,079,242 25,212 3,796,975 64 34,664 - - - 25 21,787 4,101,081 0 3,796,975 52 34,717 269,389 291 181 26 20,923 4,122,004 25,467 3,844,766 34 34,751 242,487 302 198 27 16,863 4,138,867 26,171 3,870,937 37 34,751 233,179 299 187 28 13,336 4,152,203 25,552 3,896,489 54 34,842 220,872 288 185 29 15,215 4,167,418 24,154 3,920,643 64 34,906 211,869 282 176 30 15,941 4,183,359 21,186 3,941,829 33 34,939 206,591 275 168 31 18,560 4,201,919 18,252 3,960,082 44 34,983 206,854 267 164

On 15 March, Malaysia allowed fully vaccinated travellers from Thailand and Cambodia to enter the country without having to undergo quarantine.

On 16 March, Malaysia reported its first case of the BA5.2 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

On 21 March, the total number of cases exceeded the 4 million mark, reaching 4,010,952.

April

Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources New Total New Total New Total Active ICU Ventilators 1 17,416 4,219,395 17,321 3,977,403 30 35,013 206,979 263 162 2 14,692 4,234,087 20,383 3,997,786 56 35,069 201,232 261 153 3 12,380 4,246,467 20,635 4,018,421 30 35,099 192,947 253 157 4 10,002 4,256,469 23,302 4,041,723 28 35,127 179,619 236 140 5 12,017 4,268,486 20,431 4,062,154 33 35,160 171,172 234 131 6 12,105 4,280,591 21,029 4,083,183 32 35,192 162,216 221 122 7 11,994 4,292,585 16,603 4,099,786 36 35,228 157,571 197 108 8 14,944 4,307,529 14,045 4,113,831 31 35,259 158,439 206 109 9 10,177 4,317,706 15,132 4,128,963 21 35,280 153,463 195 108 10 8,112 4,325,818 15,765 4,144,728 12 35,292 145,798 174 110 11 7,739 4,333,557 19,049 4,163,777 19 35,311 134,469 174 102 12 9,002 4,342,559 16,986 4,180,763 30 35,341 126,455 151 97 13 10,052 4,352,611 15,893 4,196,656 22 35,363 120,592 161 99 14 10,413 4,363,024 13,202 4,209,858 18 35,381 117,785 154 89 15 9,673 4,372,697 14,267 4,224,125 16 35,397 113,175 152 87 16 9,705 4,382,402 14,436 4,238,471 12 35,409 108,522 134 81 17 6,623 4,389,025 11,233 4,249,704 12 35,421 103,900 126 76 18 7,140 4,396,165 14,423 4,264,127 16 35,437 96,601 110 68 19 6,069 4,402,234 10,619 4,274,746 12 35,449 92,039 97 64 20 6,968 4,409,202 8,267 4,283,013 16 35,465 90,724 97 63 21 5,899 4,415,101 8,434 4,291,447 5 35,470 88,184 92 61 22 6,342 4,421,443 9,111 4,300,558 12 35,482 85,403 91 61 23 5,624 4,427,067 10,041 4,310,599 9 35,491 80,977 89 57 24 4,006 4,431,073 10,223 4,320,822 8 35,499 74,752 98 61 25 2,478 4,433,551 9,215 4,330,037 8 35,507 68,007 98 63 26 3,361 4,436,912 9,484 4,339,521 13 35,520 61,871 101 63 27 3,471 4,440,383 6,900 4,346,421 6 35,526 58,436 98 63 28 2,935 4,443,318 7,585 4,354,006 10 35,536 53,776 84 56 29 2,579 4,445,897 6,055 4,360,061 6 35,542 50,294 78 50 30 2,107 4,448,004 6,890 4,366,951 5 35,547 45,506 69 45

From 1 April, Malaysia allowed quarantine-free travel for fully-vaccinated travellers, ending two years of COVID-19 border restrictions. That same day, testing and isolation requirements for travellers on private transports were eased at the Malaysia-Singapore border.

On 3 April, the total number of recoveries exceeded the 4 million threshold, reaching 4,018,421.

May

Date Cases Recoveries Deaths Current cases Sources New Total New Total New Total Active ICU Ventilators 1 1,503 4,449,507 5,839 4,372,790 3 35,550 41,167 69 45 2 1,352 4,450,859 6,074 4,378,864 5 35,555 36,440 66 44 3 922 4,451,781 5,520 4,384,384 9 35,564 31,833 69 46 4 1,054 4,452,835 4,107 4,388,491 3 35,567 28,777 74 41 5 1,278 4,454,113 2,599 4,391,090 2 35,569 27,454 66 36 6 1,251 4,455,364 3,181 4,394,271 7 35,576 25,517 76 39 7 1,372 4,456,736 3,610 4,397,881 3 35,579 23,276 86 46 8 2,153 4,458,889 2,869 4,400,750 4 35,583 22,556 88 59 9 2,246 4,461,135 2,433 4,403,183 1 35,584 22,368 69 39 10 2,605 4,463,740 2,014 4,405,197 6 35,590 21,612 67 38 11 3,321 4,467,061 1,416 4,406,613 8 35,598 24,850 59 34 12 3,410 4,470,471 1,430 4,408,043 4 35,602 26,826 51 34 13 3,029 4,473,500 1,116 4,409,159 5 35,607 28,734 33 9 14 2,373 4,475,873 1,340 4,410,499 5 35,612 29,762 47 31 15 2,239 4,478,112 1,263 4,411,762 3 35,615 30,735 45 23 16 1,697 4,479,809 1,548 4,413,310 5 35,620 30,879 40 22 17 1,469 4,481,278 1,836 4,415,146 3 35,623 30,509 36 17 18 2,017 4,483,295 2,548 4,417,694 7 35,630 29,971 38 20 19 2,124 4,485,419 2,303 4,419,997 3 35,633 29,789 35 22 20 2,063 4,487,482 2,618 4,422,615 5 35,638 29,229 36 20 21 2,021 4,489,503 3,162 4,425,777 3 35,641 28,085 39 24 22 1,817 4,491,320 3,389 4,429,166 2 35,643 26,511 40 23 23 1,544 4,492,864 2,905 4,432,071 2 35,645 25,148 39 25 24 1,918 4,494,782 2,124 4,434,195 2 35,647 24,940 32 19 25 2,430 4,497,212 2,192 4,436,387 6 35,653 25,172 31 18 26 1,845 4,499,057 1,825 4,438,212 3 35,656 25,189 27 18 27 1,877 4,500,934 1,680 4,439,892 2 35,658 25,384 30 18 28 1,645 4,502,579 1,809 4,441,701 2 35,660 25,218 34 17 29 1,155 4,503,734 1,975 4,443,676 5 35,665 24,393 34 18 30 1,325 4,505,059 1,935 4,445,611 4 35,669 23,779 32 15 31 1,451 4,506,510 2,071 4,447,682 7 35,676 23,152 38 15