COVID-19 pandemic in Johor

The COVID-19 pandemic in Johor, Malaysia started on 25 January 2020 when three Chinese tourists from Wuhan, the source of the outbreak, was tested positive in Iskandar Puteri. As of 24 October 2021, Johor confirmed more than 210,000 cases and over 3,500 deaths. Johor ranked third in the highest number of confirmed cases among any state in Malaysia, just behind Selangor and Sarawak

Statistics + Districts Confirmed Active 1 Batu Pahat(N) 53 0 2 Johor Bahru 188 6 3 Kluang 243 4 4 Kota Tinggi(N) 28 0 5 Kulai(N) 45 0 6 Mersing(N) 4 0 7 Muar(N) 52 0 8 Pontian(N) 18 0 9 Segamat(N) 20 0 10 Tangkak(N) 15 0 11 Imported 85 4 Total 750 11 (N)=No new cases in past 14 days

+ Hospital Deaths 1 Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital 13 (inc 1 patient from Perlis) 2 Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital 4 3 Permai Hospital 2 4 Sultan Ismail Hospital 1 5 Sultanah Aminah Hospital 1 6 Sultanah Nora Ismail Hospital 1

Data of death cases

+ Case NumberDate of DeathNationalityGenderAgeHospitalised LocationPatient DataSource 1 178 17 March 2020 Male 34 Permai Hospital Attended Tabligh event in Kuala Lumpur in late February. Developed fever on 5 March 2020 and was diagnosed on 12 March and was treated in Permai Hospital. Died on March 17 in ICU. It was the first death announced by Ministry of Health. Ministry of Health of Malaysia via Facebook. 2 1114 23 March 2020 Male 70 Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital Attended Tabligh event in Kuala Lumpur. Died in Kluang Hospital on 12am, March 23. March 23 report. 3 1519 24 March 2020 Male 71 Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital Has close contact with a Tabligh attendant. Died on March 24, 5:35am. March 24 report. 4 1251 25 March 2020 Male 66 Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital Hospitalised on March 20 and died on March 25, 4:10am. Has chronic illnesses. March 25 report. 5 1625 23 March 2020 Male 56 Sultan Ismail Hospital Hospitalised on March 20 and died on March 23, 2am. Tested positive for COVID-19 on 25 March, 2 days after his death. Had chronic illnesses. 6 1246 25 March 2020 Female 68 Sultanah Nora Ismail Hospital Hospitalised on 19 March and treated in intensive care unit. Died on 25 March, 12:53am. 7 1797 23 March 2020 Male 48 Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital Had contact with Tabligh participant. Died at 8:15pm, March 23. March 26 report. 8 2162 28 March 2020 Male 61 Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital Died at 10:50am, March 28. Have diabetes and hypertension. First treated at Hospital of Tangkak on March 24 and transferred to Muar Hospital the next day. March 28 report. 9 1239 28 March 2020 Male 50 Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital Attended Tabligh event. Had hypertension and died at 7:44pm, March 28. March 29 report. 10 1249 28 March 2020 Male 37 Permai Hospital Have travel history to India. Died at 11:25pm, March 28. 11 2627 26 March 2020 Male 69 Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital Died on March 26, 1:03pm. Had diabetes and hypertension. March 31 report. 12 2909 31 March 2020 Male 37 Sultanah Aminah Hospital Had chronic illnesses and low immunity. Died at 11:10pm, March 31. April 2 report. 13 2910 29 March 2020 Male 78 Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital Had hypertension and gout. Died at 9:10pm, March 29. 14 2572 2 April 2020 Male 85 Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital Had diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. Died at 8:01am, April 2. 15 1649 14 April 2020 Male 81 Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital Had close contact with case 343 which attended Tabligh. Died at 11:50am, April 14. Had diabetes. April 14 report. 16 4769 18 April 2020 Male 51 Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital Had diabetes, hypertension, heart and kidney disease. Close contact with case 2726. Died on April 18, 2020, 6:47pm. April 19 report. 17 3871 23 April 2020 Female 32 Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital A MOH nurse in Muar. Had hypertension and close contact with case 3662. Died at 12:36am, April 23. It was the third healthcare worker that died of COVID-19 in Malaysia. April 23 report. 18 4087 27 April 2020 Male 78 Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital Had diabetes, hypertension and stroke. Died at 4:31am, April 27. April 27 report. 19 5195 13 May 2020 Male 90 Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital Had hypertension and chronic respiratory disease. Died at 10:26am, May 13. May 13 report. 20 7733 4 June 2020 Male 61 Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital Had diabetes, hypertension and kidney cancer. Died at 10:20pm, June 4. June 5 report. 21 8770 17 July 2020 Male 72 Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital A resident at an old folks home in Kluang who had hypertension and stroke. He developed fever and cough on 10 July and was admitted to Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital on 17 July, where he died in emergency room suddenly at 12:51am. His results were only out 2 days after his death.

+ Case NumberDate of DeathNationalityGenderAgeState of originHospitalised LocationPatient DataSource 1 3794 6 April 2020 Male 71 Perlis Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital Attended religious gatherings in Sulawesi, Indonesia from March 17–24. Returned to Perlis and was transported to Kluang after being diagnosed. Died at 11pm, April 6. April 7 report.

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Timeline January 2020 On 24 January 2020, eight Chinese nationals who had contact with a confirmed case in Singapore from Wuhan entered Malaysia through Tuas checkpoint of Singapore. They were quarantined in a hotel of Iskandar Puteri and tested negative on 24 January, but three of them were tested positive on the next day. All of first 3 patients of Malaysia were quarantined in Sungai Buloh Hospital of Sungai Buloh in Selangor.

At the same day, a 40-years old Chinese male national from Wuhan entered Malaysia via Woodland checkpoint and developed fever on 23 January. He went to a private hospital for examination before being referred to Sultanah Aminah Hospital. After he was diagnosed with similar virus, he was referred to Permai Hospital in Tampoi for treatment. He was given the human immunodeficiency virus (or HIV) drugs on 28 January.

On 27 January, the Ministry of Health announced that 26 hospitals nationwide will be used to handle suspected and confirmed cases of COVID-19 (2019-nCoV as of January 27). It includes Sultanah Aminah Hospital that will be used as referral centre of suspected or positive cases in Johor. Any suspected case or stable positive cases will be treated and monitored by Hospital Sultanah Aminah's infectious disease medical team in the isolation ward of Permai Hospital. Permai Hospital used to be a hospital to treat patients with mental problems.

A day later, on 28 January, one of the eight quarantined Chinese nationals in Iskandar Puteri was tested positive for COVID-19. Just like her relatives, she was quarantined in Sungai Buloh Hospital. She was the mother of case 2 and 3.

A 52-years old Chinese national from Wuhan was tested positive at the same day, taking the total cases in Malaysia to 7, with 4 hospitalised in Selangor, 2 in Johor, and 1 in Kedah. 2 days later, his wife was also tested positive for COVID-19. Both patients were hospitalised in Permai Hospital.

February 2020 Between 3 and 5 February, Malaysia reported 6 new cases and first locally transmissioned case in Kedah, but none of them is in Johor. On 6 February, a 59-year old Chinese female national from Wuhan was tested positive with COVID-19 in Johor Bahru. She arrived in Singapore on 17 January with her husband, son and daughter-in law and entered Malaysia on 21 January. She developed fever on 26 January but she didn't go to any medical centre for checkups, instead she took antipyretic and stayed indoors. She had planned to fly to Guangzhou on 4 February with her daughter-in law and son, but wasn't accompanied by her husband due to her physical discomfort. On 5 February, the management of her residence reported her condition to Health Department of Malaysia and she got taken to Permai Hospital and tested positive for COVID-19.

On 8 February, the 4th patient of Malaysia that was treated in Permai Hospital was finally allowed to be discharged after being tested negative for three times. This makes him the first to be discharged in Johor.

On 14 February, 4 Chinese nationals that were treated in Sungai Buloh Hospital were also discharged. 2 days later, the 15th case who was treated in Permai Hospital was also discharged.

On 18 February, the Chinese couple that were treated in Permai Hospital were discharged. All cases in Johor now have recovered all of their cases.

+ Case NumberDate of DiagnosisNationalityEntered fromGenderAgeHospitalised LocationSourceStatus 1 1 25 January 2020 Female 65 Sungai Buloh Hospital Imported Discharged on 14 February 2 2 25 January 2020 Male 11 Sungai Buloh Hospital Imported Discharged on 14 February 3 3 25 January 2020 Male 2 Sungai Buloh Hospital Imported Discharged on 14 February 4 4 25 January 2020 Male 40 Permai Hospital Imported Discharged on 14 February 5 5 28 January 2020 Female 36 Sungai Buloh Hospital Imported Discharged on 14 February 6 7 28 January 2020 Male 52 Permai Hospital Imported Discharged on 18 February 7 8 30 January 2020 Female 49 Permai Hospital Imported Discharged on 18 February 8 15 6 February 2020 Female 59 Permai Hospital Imported Discharged on 16 February

On 27 February, Malaysia confirmed 1 new case in Kuala Lumpur, a Malaysian woman who returned from Japan, marking the beginning of the 2nd wave. The cases started to rise significantly, mostly from Case 26 and 33. But Johor isn't affected until mid-March.

On 27 February, a Tabligh Jamaat event was held in Masjid Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur. 15,000 had attended including residents from Johor. A Malaysian man in South Korea returned to attend the Tabligh event, and he's believed to be the index case of the cluster.

March 2020 On 16 March, Johor had 52 cases. At 9pm of the same day, the prime minister of Malaysia, Muhyiddin Yassin, held a nationwide telecast and announced the Movement Control Order, or MCO, which will start on 18 March and end on 31 March. This made the Malaysians working in Singapore returns to Singapore the next morning.

On 17 March, Johor reported 25 new cases, bringing the total cases to 77. Johor also reported its first death on 17 March, a 34-year-old man that attended the Tabligh event. It was the second death of COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, as the Ministry of Health of Sarawak had reported the death of a 60-year old pastor from the church cluster in Kuching.

On 18 March, the Movement Control Order officially started. Johor reported 11 new cases at the same day, bringing the total in Johor to 88. Malaysia also reported 117 new cases at the same day, bringing the national total to 790. The fatalities stayed at 2. The next day, Johor's total cases surpassed 100. As of 19 March, Malaysia had 900 cases, 101 of them in Johor.

On 20 March, Malaysia had reported 130, making the total cases surpass 1,000. Johor reported 13 new cases, bringing the total in Johor to 114. Malaysia also reported 1 new death in Tawau, Sabah. On 21 March, Johor reported 15 new cases, bringing the total to 129. Malaysia had 153 new cases and 1 new death in Malacca on 21 March. Johor's new cases everyday stayed average, as Johor reported 16 new cases (out of 123 new cases) on 22 March.

On 23 March, Johor reported its 2nd death. The death is a 70-year-old man that attended Tabligh Jamaat in Kuala Lumpur. He died on 23 March in Kluang's Enche Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital. This is the 12th death of Malaysia. Johor also reported 13 new cases, bringing the state total to 158. The next day, 24 March, Johor reported 4 new cases, and 1 new death in Muar, a 71-year-old man that have close contact with a Tabligh participant. He was the 15th death reported in Malaysia.