The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was first identified to have spread to Malaysia on 25 January 2020.[3][4] Reported cases remained relatively low until a large spike in cases in March 2020, most of them linked to a religious event held in Kuala Lumpur in late February and early March.[5] Within a few weeks after the event, Malaysia had become the country with the highest cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in South East Asia.[6] As of 2 April 2020, there are 3,116 confirmed cases in the country, with 50 deaths reported.[1]