COVID-19 pandemic in Johor | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Johor, Malaysia |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Iskandar Puteri |
Arrival date | 25 January 2020 |
Confirmed cases | 215,263 (as of 25 October 2021) |
Active cases | <10,000 (as of 25 October 2021) |
Recovered | 201,423 (as of 25 October) |
Deaths | 3,588 (as of 24 October) |
Government website | |
https://newslab.malaysiakini.com/covid-19/en/state/johor (Non government) |
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