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COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Burkina Faso |
First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
Index case | Ouagadougou |
Arrival date | 9 March 2020 (4 years, 5 months, 1 week and 3 days) |
Confirmed cases | 22,139[1] (updated 17 August 2024) |
Deaths | 400[1] (updated 17 August 2024) |
Government website | |
https://www.sante.gov.bf/ |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Burkina Faso on 9 March 2020. The death of Rose Marie Compaoré, a member of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso, on 18 March marked the first recorded fatality due to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa.[2][3]