COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Burkina Faso on 9 March 2020.

COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Burkina Faso
First outbreak	Wuhan, China
Index case	Ouagadougou
Arrival date	9 March 2020 (5 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days)
Confirmed cases	773 (as of 13 May)[1]
Active cases	130 (as of 13 May)
Recovered	592 (as of 13 May)
Deaths	51 (as of 13 May)

The death of Rose Marie Compaoré, a member of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso, on 18 March marked the first recorded COVID-19 fatality in Sub-Saharan Africa.^[2][3]

On 9 March 2020, the first two cases in the country were reported in Burkina Faso.^[4]

On 13 March, the third case was also confirmed, is a person who has had direct contact with the first two cases.^[5]

On 14 March, 7 cases confirmed in the country. Five of the new confirmed cases have had direct contact with the first two cases. One is an English national currently working in a gold mine in the Burkina Faso and who went to vacation in Liverpool, returning on 10 March, with transits through Vancouver and Paris.^[6]

On 15 March, 8 new cases were confirmed according to a statement from the Ministry of Health, bringing the total number of cases to 15.^[7]

On 17 March, 20 total cases were confirmed.^[8]