Description of the Covid-19 epidemiology in Malaysia

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ID22068630
AutoresMohamad Nadzmi Md Nadzri (0000-0001-6303-6842, Ministry of Health, autor de correspondencia), Ahmed Syahmi Syafiq Md Zamri (0000-0002-3286-5493, Ministry of Health), Sarbhan Singh (0000-0002-6602-1758, Ministry of Health), Mohd Ghazali Sumarni, Chee Herng Lai (0000-0002-7032-0363, Ministry of Health), Cia Vei Tan (0000-0002-6060-1997, Ministry of Health), Tahir Aris (0000-0002-0205-3080, Ministry of Health), Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim (0000-0002-0689-3095, Ministry of Health), Balvinder Singh Gill (0000-0002-0738-2991, Ministry of Health), Nur’ain Mohd Ghazali (0009-0006-2680-9010, Ministry of Health), Nuur Hafizah Md Iderus (0000-0002-3178-2549, Ministry of Health), Mei Cheng Lim (0000-0002-7615-4669, Ministry of Health), Lonny Chen Rong Qi Ahmad (0000-0002-1478-2846, Ministry of Health), Mohd Kamarulariffin Kamarudin (0000-0002-5252-176X, Ministry of Health), Nur Ar Rabiah Ahmad (Ministry of Health), Kok Keng Tee (0000-0002-7923-5448, University of Malaya), Asrul Anuar Zulkifli (0000-0002-2944-5383, Ministry of Health)
Año2024
Volumen12
Páginas1289622-1289622
Fecha de publicación2024-03-13
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditorialFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2024.1289622
PMID38544725
OpenAlexW4392740192
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas27

Introduction: Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, it has spread rapidly across the world and has resulted in recurrent outbreaks. This study aims to describe the COVID-19 epidemiology in terms of COVID-19 cases, deaths, ICU admissions, ventilator requirements, testing, incidence rate, death rate, case fatality rate (CFR) and test positivity rate for each outbreak from the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 till endemicity of COVID-19 in 2022 in Malaysia. Methods: Data was sourced from the GitHub repository and the Ministry of Health's official COVID-19 website. The study period was from the beginning of the outbreak in Malaysia, which began during Epidemiological Week (Ep Wk) 4 in 2020, to the last Ep Wk 18 in 2022. Data were aggregated by Ep Wk and analyzed in terms of COVID-19 cases, deaths, ICU admissions, ventilator requirements, testing, incidence rate, death rate, case fatality rate (CFR) and test positivity rate by years (2020 and 2022) and for each outbreak of COVID-19. Results: A total of 4,456,736 cases, 35,579 deaths and 58,906,954 COVID-19 tests were reported for the period from 2020 to 2022. The COVID-19 incidence rate, death rate, CFR and test positivity rate were reported at 1.085 and 0.009 per 1,000 populations, 0.80 and 7.57%, respectively, for the period from 2020 to 2022. Higher cases, deaths, testing, incidence/death rate, CFR and test positivity rates were reported in 2021 and during the Delta outbreak. This is evident by the highest number of COVID-19 cases, ICU admissions, ventilatory requirements and deaths observed during the Delta outbreak. Conclusion: The Delta outbreak was the most severe compared to other outbreaks in Malaysia's study period. In addition, this study provides evidence that outbreaks of COVID-19, which are caused by highly virulent and transmissible variants, tend to be more severe and devastating if these outbreaks are not controlled early on. Therefore, close monitoring of key epidemiological indicators, as reported in this study, is essential in the control and management of future COVID-19 outbreaks in Malaysia

Case fatality rate · Disease · Mortality rate · Outbreak · Pandemic · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · COVID-19 Prevention and Impact · Demography · Medicine · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Emergency Medicine · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Virology