COVID-19 pandemic in Selangor

The COVID-19 pandemic in Selangor, Malaysia, started when four of eight Chinese nationals from Wuhan was quarantined in a hotel of Johor's Iskandar Puteri was tested positive on 25 January and 28 January 2020, respectively, and was quarantined in Sungai Buloh Hospital, largest hospital of Selangor. As of 24 October, Selangor confirmed more than 700,000 cases and over 7,000 deaths. Making it the worst effected state in Malaysia

Statistics + Districts Confirmed Active 1 Gombak14,052 664 2 Hulu Langat 34,203 1,729 3 Hulu Selangor(N) 3,029 182 4 Klang(N) 37,139 800 5 Kuala Langat(N) 8,690 202 6 Kuala Selangor(N) 4,928 364 7 Petaling 48,733 2220 8 Sabak Bernam(N) 874 167 9 Sepang 11,421 350 10 Imported 198 69 Total 163,747 6,682 (N)=No new cases in past 14 days

Details of death cases in Selangor

+ Case NumberDate of DeathNationalityGenderAgeHospitalised LocationPatient DataSource 1 1070 22 March 2020 Male 70 Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM Hospital The patient was a mosque leader from Cheras. He had heart disease and hypertension and travelled to Indonesia on February. He was hospitalised on March 18 and admitted into ICU the next day. Died at 9:05pm, March 22. He died in Kuala Lumpur, but was counted into Selangor's death toll as UKM Hospital was close to Ampang. 2 1321 27 March 2020 Male 53 Sungai Buloh Hospital Had close contact with case 1309. Died at 10:30am, March 27. The details of this case have not been disclosed. 3 2321 28 March 2020 Female 91 University Malaya Medical Centre Died at 8:48am, March 28. She had diabetes, hypertension and kidney disease. 4 2322 28 March 2020 Male 76 University Malaya Medical Centre Died at 11:33pm, March 28. Had diabetes, hypertension and kidney disease. 5 2628 31 March 2020 Male 81 University Malaya Medical Centre Died at 7:09am, March 31. Had heart disease. 6 2629 30 March 2020 Male 73 Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital Died at 4:30pm, March 30, a day after hospitalisation. Had diabetes and heart disease. 7 2561 2 April 2020 Female 84 National Heart Institute Died at 1:07pm, April 2. Hospitalised in Hospital Sungai Buloh on March 12 before being transferred to National Heart Institute. Had heart disease. 8 4230 10 April 2020 Female 88 University Malaya Medical Centre Close contact of case 1684. Hospitalised on March 20 and died at 2:38am, April 10. Had hypertension, heart disease and dementia. 9 537 11 April 2020 Male 71 Sungai Buloh Hospital Died at 11:15am, April 11, after 27 days of hospitalisation. Had diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. 10 2052 14 April 2020 Male 65 Sungai Buloh Hospital Died at 5:17am, April 14, after two weeks in hospital. Had diabetes, hypertension and kidney disease. 11 4988 15 April 2020 Male 69 University Malaya Medical Centre Died at 6:41am, April 15 after three weeks in hospital. Had diabetes and hypertension. 12 5183 16 April 2020 Male 85 University Malaya Medical Centre Had close contact with case 2321, 3rd death of Selangor. Died at 8:56pm, April 16. Had hypertension and previously had stroke. 13 5252 17 April 2020 Male 36 Selayang Hospital Died at 10am, 17 April, the same day as he went to hospital for treatment. Had Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) and was already late-stage when he went to hospital. He was the third foreigner (with confirmed identity) to die of COVID-19 in Malaysia and was part of the Kuala Lumpur Wholesale Market cluster. 14 2050 20 April 2020 Female 72 Sungai Buloh Hospital Mother of case 2053. Died at 1:47pm, April 20. Had diabetes and hypertension. 15 2978 24 April 2020 Male 61 Sungai Buloh Hospital Had close contact with case 1345, who had travelled to Indonesia. Died at 2:29am, April 24. Had diabetes, hypertension and kidney disease. 16 2354 25 April 2020 Male 62 Sungai Buloh Hospital Died at 3:53am, April 25. Had heart disease. 17 3628 28 April 2020 Male 67 Sungai Buloh Hospital Died at 9:40am, April 28. Had diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and stroke. He was the 100th death from COVID-19 in Malaysia. 18 5539 2 May 2020 Male 82 Sungai Buloh Hospital Died at 6:29pm, May 2. Had hypertension and heart disease. 19 830 5 May 2020 Male 47 Sungai Buloh Hospital Died at 2:10am, May 5. After 46 days in ICU. He was admitted into a private hospital on March 15, and was transferred into Hospital Sungai Buloh after being tested positive for COVID-19. He was treated in ICU. On May 5, he developed thrombosis and died of complications. He was an accountant who was Chinese. 20 2380 5 May 2020 Male 51 Sungai Buloh Hospital Died at 2:53pm, May 5. Had diabetes, hypertension and kidney disease. 21 6657 10 May 2020 Male 63 Kuala Lumpur Hospital Died at 5:15am, May 10. Had diabetes and liver cancer. 22 3616 21 May 2020 Male 65 Sungai Buloh Hospital Died at 2:58pm, May 21. Had diabetes, hypertension and kidney disease. 23 2296 5 June 2020 Female 79 Sungai Buloh Hospital Died at 2:05pm, June 5. Had contact with case 1508. 24 824 10 June 2020 Male 61 Sungai Buloh Hospital Attended Tabligh Jamaat event in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur on late-February to early-March. Died at 7am, June 10, after almost three months of treatment. Had diabetes and kidney disease. He was the 34th fatality of Tabligh Jamaat cluster.

+ Case NumberDate of DeathNationalityGenderAgeRegion of OriginHospitalised LocationPatient DataSource 1 1952 29 March 2020 Female 57 Putrajaya Sungai Buloh Hospital Died at 4pm, March 29. She was a worker of Human Resources Department of Ministry of Health. She had a travel history to Indonesia. On March 17, she was hospitalised in Putrajaya Hospital before being transferred to Kuala Lumpur Hospital and Sungai Buloh Hospital.

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Timeline January 2020 On 24 January, eight Chinese nationals from Wuhan of Hubei Province entered Johor via Tuas checkpoint of neighbouring Singapore. They were quarantined in the forest city of Iskandar Puteri and was tested negative earlier, but on 25 January, 3 of them was tested positive, marking the beginning of COVID-19 outbreak in Malaysia. The 3 patients were 65-year-old woman and her 11 and 2-year old grandsons. They were quarantined in Sungai Buloh Hospital of Sungai Buloh, Petaling District, making Selangor the first hit state of Malaysia.

3 days later, a 36-year-old woman, who is daughter-in-law of first case of Singapore. and mother of Case 2 and 3, was also tested positive. She was also warded in Sungai Buloh Hospital. She had negative results earlier but she went to Sungai Buloh Hospital to take care of her two infected child, where she got tested positive too.

February 2020 On 29 January 2020, a 41-year-old Malaysian male, who attended an international conference in Grand Hyatt Singapore on 17–23 January and celebrated Chinese New Year with his family, went to a private medical institution in Selangor after having fever and cough. He was admitted to Sungai Buloh Hospital on 2 February, and was tested positive for COVID-19 by the next day. His 40-year-old sister who was in Kedah, who visited him during Chinese New Year, was also diagnosed 2 days later, making her the first locally transmitted case of COVID-19 in Malaysia.

On 8 February, Selangor records 1 more new case, which is linked to Case 9. The patient was a 65-year old Malaysian woman, who ate with Case 9 at the same table during the Chinese New Year. She began to feel uncomfortable on 5 February, where she had dizziness and night sweats but without fever. She was diagnosed on 8 February, while she herself had several chronic illnesses, such as hypertension, diabetes, paraplegia etc. She is also a heart patient with pacemaker. She was treated in Hospital Sungai Buloh.

On 9 February, Selangor recorded another new case: a 31-year-old man from Hulu Langat District who works in Macau and been to Mainland China on 1 February. He developed cough on 7 February and was admitted into Sungai Buloh Hospital. He was later diagnosed on 9 February.

On 14 February, the first 4 patients of Selangor which was treated in Sungai Buloh Hospital, was fully recovered and discharged.

The next day, 1 more positive case was recorded: an 83-year old American woman. She was a passenger of MS Westerdam, which was docked in Sihanoukville port of Cambodia. After passing the medical examination in Cambodia on 13 February, she was allowed to return to US by Cambodian authorities. But since Cambodia don't have direct flight to Europe or the US, she have to fly to Malaysia and transfer plane to US. She was diagnosed with abnormal temperature screening in KLIA and was admitted to Sungai Buloh Hospital, where she was tested positive. Her 85-year-old husband was tested negative for COVID-19, but he chose to accompany her in Sungai Buloh Hospital.

On 17 February, Case 9, or 5th case of Selangor, has recovered and discharged, making him he first Malaysian citizen to recover from COVID-19. On 19 February, two more patients were discharged: Case 17 and 18.

On 21 February, Case 22 (83-year-old woman from the US) was clear from SARS-CoV-2 virus, but she was still hospitalised for further treatment of other illnesses.

On 27 February, Case 22 was finally discharged after fully recovered from all COVID-19 symptoms. Selangor was free of COVID-19 active case.

At the next day, Selangor was no-longer COVID free as 1 more case was recorded. The new patient was a 54-year-old man from Italy who is married to a Malaysian woman. He went back to Italy on 15–21 February for business reasons. He was diagnosed on 28 February and was treated in Sungai Buloh Hospital.

+ Case NumberDate of diagnosisInfection GroupNationalityInfection SourceGenderAgeHospitalised LocationNoteStatus 1 1 25 January 2020 G1 Imported () Female 65 Sungai Buloh Hospital Discharged on 14 February 2 2 25 January 2020 G1 (Grandson of Case 1) Imported () Male 11 Sungai Buloh Hospital Discharged on 14 February 3 3 25 January 2020 G1 (Grandson of Case 1) Imported () Male 2 Sungai Buloh Hospital Discharged on 14 February 4 5 28 January 2020 G1 (Mother of Case 2 & 3) Imported () Female 36 Sungai Buloh Hospital Discharged on 14 February 5 9 3 February 2020 G2 Imported () Male 41 Sungai Buloh Hospital First Malaysian citizen to be diagnosed. Discharged on 17 February 6 17 8 February 2020 G2 (Mother-in-law of Case 9) Local Female 65 Sungai Buloh Hospital 2nd local case of Malaysia and 3rd case of Malaysia related to Grand Hyatt Singapore international conference. Discharged on 19 February 7 18 9 February 2020 Imported (/) Male 31 Sungai Buloh Hospital Works in Macau and has travel history to Mainland China. Discharged on 19 February 8 22 15 February 2020 Imported () Female 83 Sungai Buloh Hospital Discharged on 27 February 9 25 28 February 2020 G3 Imported () Male 54 Sungai Buloh Hospital Married to a Malaysian woman and resides in Malaysia. Went back to Italy on mid-February and returned on 21 February.

On 27 February 2020, a Tablighi Jamaat event was held in a mosque of Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur. It was attended by 15,000 people, including 14,500 Malaysian citizens and 1,500 foreigners. This event was attended by multiple Malaysians returning from South Korea.

March 2020 On 1 March 2020, Hisham Hamdan, who is the executive director of Khazanah Nasional and chairman of UDA Holdings Berhad, was tested positive for COVID-19. He travelled to Shanghai, China on mid-January. He had meetings with 18 others on 21 February, 15 on 24 February, and 21 others on 27 February. He developed symptoms on 27 February and sought treatment in Subang Jaya Medical Centre. He was tested positive on 1 March. He had close contact with 168 individuals, which is already tested.

On 3 March 2020, Malaysia reports multiple of cases in Selangor, mainly linked to Case 26. One more key case in Case 26 was identified at the same day: Case 33. Case 33 was a senior lawyer and member of UDA Holdings Berhad, Rosli Dahlan. He had meeting with 14 other person on 24 February with Mr. Hisham Hamdan.