COVID-19 pandemic in Burundi

COVID-19 pandemic in Burundi
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Burundi
First outbreak	Wuhan, China
Index case	Bujumbura
Arrival date	25 March 2020 (1 year, 1 month and 3 days)
Confirmed cases	3,874 (as of 26 April 2021)
Active cases	3,095 (as of 26 April 2021)
Recovered	773 (as of 26 April 2021)
Deaths	6 (as of 26 April 2021)

The COVID-19 pandemic in Burundi is 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 Burundi on 25 March 2020.

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. Model-based simulations for Burundi indicate that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number R _t was stable below 1.0 from April to October 2020 but has since increased to around 1.

Timeline

COVID-19 cases in Burundi  ()      Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases 2020202020212021 MarMarAprAprMayMayJunJunJulJulAugAugSepSepOctOctNovNovDecDec JanJanFebFebMarMarAprApr Last 15 daysLast 15 days
Date			# of cases	# of deaths
2020-03-31		​	2(n.a.)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-01		​	2(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-02		​	3(+50%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-03		​	3(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-04		​	3(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-05		​	3(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-06		​	3(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-07		​	3(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-08		​	3(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-09		​	3(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-10		​	3(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-11		​	5(+67%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-12		​	5(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-13		​ ​	5(=)	1(n.a.)
2020-04-14		​ ​	5(=)	1(=)
2020-04-15		​ ​	5(=)	1(=)
2020-04-16		​ ​	5(=)	1(=)
2020-04-17		​ ​	5(=)	1(=)
2020-04-18		​ ​	5(=)	1(=)
2020-04-19		​ ​	5(=)	1(=)
2020-04-20		​ ​	5(=)	1(=)
2020-04-21		​ ​	5(=)	1(=)
2020-04-22		​ ​ ​	11(+120%)	1(=)
2020-04-23		​ ​ ​	11(=)	1(=)
2020-04-24		​ ​ ​	11(=)	1(=)
2020-04-25		​ ​ ​	11(=)	1(=)
2020-04-26		​ ​ ​	11(=)	1(=)
2020-04-27		​ ​ ​	11(=)	1(=)
2020-04-28		​ ​ ​	11(=)	1(=)
2020-04-29		​ ​ ​	11(=)	1(=)
2020-04-30		​ ​ ​	11(=)	1(=)
2020-05-01		​ ​ ​	11(=)	1(=)
2020-05-02		​ ​ ​	15(+36%)	1(=)
2020-05-03		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-04		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-05		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-06		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-07		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-08		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-09		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-10		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-11		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-12		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-13		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-14		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-15		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-16		​ ​ ​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-05-17		​ ​ ​	23(+53%)	1(=)
2020-05-18		​ ​ ​	42(+83%)	1(=)
2020-05-19		​ ​ ​	42(=)	1(=)
2020-05-20		​ ​ ​	42(=)	1(=)
2020-05-21		​ ​ ​	42(=)	1(=)
2020-05-22		​ ​ ​	42(=)	1(=)
2020-05-23		​ ​ ​	42(=)	1(=)
2020-05-24		​ ​ ​	42(=)	1(=)
2020-05-25		​ ​ ​	42(=)	1(=)
2020-05-26		​ ​ ​	42(=)	1(=)
2020-05-27		​ ​ ​	42(=)	1(=)
2020-05-28		​ ​ ​	42(=)	1(=)
2020-05-29		​ ​ ​	42(=)	1(=)
2020-05-30		​ ​ ​	63(+50%)	1(=)
2020-05-31		​ ​ ​	63(=)	1(=)
2020-06-01		​ ​ ​	63(=)	1(=)
2020-06-02		​ ​ ​	63(=)	1(=)
2020-06-03		​ ​ ​	63(=)	1(=)
2020-06-04		​ ​ ​	63(=)	1(=)
2020-06-05		​ ​ ​	63(=)	1(=)
2020-06-06		​ ​ ​	83(+32%)	1(=)
2020-06-07		​ ​ ​	83(=)	1(=)
2020-06-08		​ ​ ​	83(=)	1(=)
2020-06-09		​ ​ ​	83(=)	1(=)
2020-06-10		​ ​ ​	83(=)	1(=)
2020-06-11		​ ​ ​	85(+2.4%)	1(=)
2020-06-12		​ ​ ​	85(=)	1(=)
2020-06-13		​ ​ ​	85(=)	1(=)
2020-06-14		​ ​ ​	85(=)	1(=)
2020-06-15		​ ​ ​	85(=)	1(=)
2020-06-16		​ ​ ​	104(+22%)	1(=)
2020-06-17		​ ​ ​	104(=)	1(=)
2020-06-18		​ ​ ​	104(=)	1(=)
2020-06-19		​ ​ ​	104(=)	1(=)
2020-06-20		​ ​ ​	104(=)	1(=)
2020-06-21		​ ​ ​	144(+38%)	1(=)
2020-06-22		​ ​ ​	144(=)	1(=)
2020-06-23		​ ​ ​	144(=)	1(=)
2020-06-24		​ ​ ​	144(=)	1(=)
2020-06-25		​ ​ ​	144(=)	1(=)
2020-06-26		​ ​ ​	144(=)	1(=)
2020-06-27		​ ​ ​	170(+18%)	1(=)
2020-06-28		​ ​ ​	170(=)	1(=)
2020-06-29		​ ​ ​	170(=)	1(=)
2020-06-30		​ ​ ​	170(=)	1(=)
2020-07-01		​ ​ ​	170(=)	1(=)
2020-07-02		​ ​ ​	170(=)	1(=)
2020-07-03		​ ​ ​	191(+12%)	1(=)
2020-07-04		​ ​ ​	191(=)	1(=)
2020-07-05		​ ​ ​	191(=)	1(=)
2020-07-06		​ ​ ​	191(=)	1(=)
2020-07-07		​ ​ ​	191(=)	1(=)
2020-07-08		​ ​ ​	191(=)	1(=)
2020-07-09		​ ​ ​	191(=)	1(=)
2020-07-10		​ ​ ​	191(=)	1(=)
2020-07-11		​ ​ ​	191(=)	1(=)
2020-07-12		​ ​ ​	191(=)	1(=)
2020-07-13		​ ​ ​	269(+41%)	1(=)
2020-07-14		​ ​ ​	269(=)	1(=)
2020-07-15		​ ​ ​	269(=)	1(=)
2020-07-16		​ ​ ​	303(+13%)	1(=)
2020-07-17		​ ​ ​	310(+2.3%)	1(=)
2020-07-18		​ ​ ​	310(=)	1(=)
2020-07-19		​ ​ ​	310(=)	1(=)
2020-07-20		​ ​ ​	322(+3.9%)	1(=)
2020-07-21		​ ​ ​	328(+1.9%)	1(=)
2020-07-22		​ ​ ​	328(=)	1(=)
2020-07-23		​ ​ ​	345(+5.2%)	1(=)
2020-07-24		​ ​ ​	345(=)	1(=)
2020-07-25		​ ​ ​	361(+4.6%)	1(=)
2020-07-26		​ ​ ​	361(=)	1(=)
2020-07-27		​ ​ ​	378(+4.7%)	1(=)
2020-07-28		​ ​ ​	378(=)	1(=)
2020-07-29		​ ​ ​	387(+2.4%)	1(=)
2020-07-30		​ ​ ​	387(=)	1(=)
2020-07-31		​ ​ ​	387(=)	1(=)
2020-08-01		​ ​ ​	395(+2.1%)	1(=)
2020-08-02		​ ​ ​	395(=)	1(=)
2020-08-03		​ ​ ​	395(=)	1(=)
2020-08-04		​ ​ ​	395(=)	1(=)
2020-08-05		​ ​ ​	395(=)	1(=)
2020-08-06		​ ​ ​	405(+2.5%)	1(=)
2020-08-07		​ ​ ​	405(=)	1(=)
2020-08-08		​ ​ ​	405(=)	1(=)
2020-08-09		​ ​ ​	408(+0.74%)	1(=)
2020-08-10		​ ​ ​	408(=)	1(=)
2020-08-11		​ ​ ​	408(=)	1(=)
2020-08-12		​ ​ ​	409(+0.25%)	1(=)
2020-08-13		​ ​ ​	410(+0.24%)	1(=)
2020-08-14		​ ​ ​	412(+0.49%)	1(=)
2020-08-15		​ ​ ​	412(=)	1(=)
2020-08-16		​ ​ ​	413(+0.24%)	1(=)
2020-08-17		​ ​ ​	413(=)	1(=)
2020-08-18		​ ​ ​	416(+0.73%)	1(=)
2020-08-19		​ ​ ​	422(+1.4%)	1(=)
2020-08-20		​ ​ ​	422(=)	1(=)
2020-08-21		​ ​ ​	426(+0.95%)	1(=)
2020-08-22		​ ​ ​	429(+0.7%)	1(=)
2020-08-23		​ ​ ​	430(+0.23%)	1(=)
2020-08-24		​ ​ ​	430(=)	1(=)
2020-08-25		​ ​ ​	430(=)	1(=)
2020-08-26		​ ​ ​	430(=)	1(=)
2020-08-27		​ ​ ​	431(+0.23%)	1(=)
2020-08-28		​ ​ ​	433(+0.46%)	1(=)
2020-08-29		​ ​ ​	445(+2.8%)	1(=)
2020-08-30		​ ​ ​	445(=)	1(=)
2020-08-31		​ ​ ​	445(=)	1(=)
2020-09-01		​ ​ ​	445(=)	1(=)
2020-09-02		​ ​ ​	448(+0.67%)	1(=)
2020-09-03		​ ​ ​	448(=)	1(=)
2020-09-04		​ ​ ​	451(+0.67%)	1(=)
2020-09-05		​ ​ ​	460(+2%)	1(=)
2020-09-06		​ ​ ​	462(+0.43%)	1(=)
2020-09-07		​ ​ ​	466(+0.87%)	1(=)
2020-09-08		​ ​ ​	466(=)	1(=)
2020-09-09		​ ​ ​	466(=)	1(=)
2020-09-10		​ ​ ​	469(+0.64%)	1(=)
2020-09-11		​ ​ ​	469(=)	1(=)
2020-09-12		​ ​ ​	471(+0.43%)	1(=)
2020-09-13		​ ​ ​	472(+0.21%)	1(=)
2020-09-14		​ ​ ​	472(=)	1(=)
2020-09-15		​ ​ ​	472(=)	1(=)
2020-09-16		​ ​ ​	472(=)	1(=)
2020-09-17		​ ​ ​	473(+0.21%)	1(=)
2020-09-18		​ ​ ​	473(=)	1(=)
2020-09-19		​ ​ ​	473(=)	1(=)
2020-09-20		​ ​ ​	473(=)	1(=)
2020-09-21		​ ​ ​	474(+0.21%)	1(=)
2020-09-22		​ ​ ​	474(=)	1(=)
2020-09-23		​ ​ ​	476(+0.42%)	1(=)
2020-09-24		​ ​ ​	477(+0.21%)	1(=)
2020-09-25		​ ​ ​	483(+1.3%)	1(=)
2020-09-26		​ ​ ​	485(+0.41%)	1(=)
2020-09-27		​ ​ ​	485(=)	1(=)
2020-09-28		​ ​ ​	502(+3.5%)	1(=)
2020-09-29		​ ​ ​	506(+0.8%)	1(=)
2020-09-30		​ ​ ​	508(+0.4%)	1(=)
2020-10-01		​ ​ ​	510(+0.39%)	1(=)
2020-10-02		​ ​ ​	513(+0.59%)	1(=)
2020-10-03		​ ​ ​	513(=)	1(=)
2020-10-04		​ ​ ​	513(=)	1(=)
2020-10-05		​ ​ ​	514(+0.19%)	1(=)
2020-10-06		​ ​ ​	514(=)	1(=)
2020-10-07		​ ​ ​	515(+0.19%)	1(=)
2020-10-08		​ ​ ​	515(=)	1(=)
2020-10-09		​ ​ ​	515(=)	1(=)
2020-10-10		​ ​ ​	517(+0.39%)	1(=)
2020-10-11		​ ​ ​	524(+1.4%)	1(=)
2020-10-12		​ ​ ​	525(+0.19%)	1(=)
2020-10-13		​ ​ ​	529(+0.76%)	1(=)
2020-10-14		​ ​ ​	529(=)	1(=)
2020-10-15		​ ​ ​	529(=)	1(=)
2020-10-16		​ ​ ​	531(+0.38%)	1(=)
2020-10-17		​ ​ ​	536(+0.94%)	1(=)
2020-10-18		​ ​ ​	542(+1.1%)	1(=)
2020-10-19		​ ​ ​	549(+1.3%)	1(=)
2020-10-20		​ ​ ​	550(+0.18%)	1(=)
2020-10-21		​ ​ ​	550(=)	1(=)
2020-10-22		​ ​ ​	551(+0.18%)	1(=)
2020-10-23		​ ​ ​	553(+0.36%)	1(=)
2020-10-24		​ ​ ​	555(+0.36%)	1(=)
2020-10-25		​ ​ ​	557(+0.36%)	1(=)
2020-10-26		​ ​ ​	557(=)	1(=)
2020-10-27		​ ​ ​	558(+0.18%)	1(=)
2020-10-28		​ ​ ​	559(+0.18%)	1(=)
2020-10-29		​ ​ ​	560(+0.18%)	1(=)
2020-10-30		​ ​ ​	582(+3.9%)	1(=)
2020-10-31		​ ​ ​	585(+0.52%)	1(=)
2020-11-01		​ ​ ​	589(+0.68%)	1(=)
2020-11-02		​ ​ ​	589(=)	1(=)
2020-11-03		​ ​ ​	597(+1.4%)	1(=)
2020-11-04		​ ​ ​	606(+1.5%)	1(=)
2020-11-05		​ ​ ​	606(=)	1(=)
2020-11-06		​ ​ ​	606(=)	1(=)
2020-11-07		​ ​ ​	612(+0.99%)	1(=)
2020-11-08		​ ​ ​	612(=)	1(=)
2020-11-09		​ ​ ​	614(+0.33%)	1(=)
2020-11-10		​ ​ ​	615(+0.16%)	1(=)
2020-11-11		​ ​ ​	620(+0.81%)	1(=)
2020-11-12		​ ​ ​	623(+0.48%)	1(=)
2020-11-13		​ ​ ​	624(+0.16%)	1(=)
2020-11-14		​ ​ ​	627(+0.48%)	1(=)
2020-11-15		​ ​ ​	628(+0.16%)	1(=)
2020-11-16		​ ​ ​	630(+0.32%)	1(=)
2020-11-17		​ ​ ​	631(+0.16%)	1(=)
2020-11-18		​ ​ ​	641(+1.6%)	1(=)
2020-11-19		​ ​ ​	641(=)	1(=)
2020-11-20		​ ​ ​	649(+1.2%)	1(=)
2020-11-21		​ ​ ​	656(+1.1%)	1(=)
2020-11-22		​ ​ ​	662(+0.91%)	1(=)
2020-11-23		​ ​ ​	664(+0.3%)	1(=)
2020-11-24		​ ​ ​	673(+1.4%)	1(=)
2020-11-25		​ ​ ​	673(=)	1(=)
2020-11-26		​ ​ ​	677(+0.59%)	1(=)
2020-11-27		​ ​ ​	681(+0.59%)	1(=)
2020-11-28		​ ​ ​	681(=)	1(=)
2020-11-29		​ ​ ​	681(=)	1(=)
2020-11-30		​ ​ ​	688(+1%)	1(=)
2020-12-01		​ ​ ​	689(+0.15%)	1(=)
2020-12-02		​ ​ ​	689(=)	1(=)
2020-12-03		​ ​ ​	692(+0.44%)	1(=)
2020-12-04		​ ​ ​	692(=)	1(=)
2020-12-05		​ ​ ​	694(+0.29%)	1(=)
2020-12-06		​ ​ ​	694(=)	1(=)
2020-12-07		​ ​ ​	698(+0.58%)	1(=)
2020-12-08		​ ​ ​	716(+2.6%)	1(=)
2020-12-09		​ ​ ​	720(+0.56%)	1(=)
2020-12-10		​ ​ ​	720(=)	1(=)
2020-12-11		​ ​ ​	723(+0.42%)	1(=)
2020-12-12		​ ​ ​	728(+0.69%)	1(=)
2020-12-13		​ ​ ​	729(+0.14%)	1(=)
2020-12-14		​ ​ ​	729(=)	1(=)
2020-12-15		​ ​ ​	735(+0.82%)	1(=)
2020-12-16		​ ​ ​	741(+0.82%)	1(=)
2020-12-17		​ ​ ​	751(+1.3%)	1(=)
2020-12-18		​ ​ ​	760(+1.2%)	2(+100%)
2020-12-19		​ ​ ​	761(+0.13%)	2(=)
2020-12-20		​ ​ ​	761(=)	2(=)
2020-12-21		​ ​ ​	762(+0.13%)	2(=)
2020-12-22		​ ​ ​	762(=)	2(=)
2020-12-23		​ ​ ​	773(+1.4%)	2(=)
2020-12-24		​ ​ ​	773(=)	2(=)
2020-12-25		​ ​ ​	786(+1.7%)	2(=)
2020-12-26		​ ​ ​	786(=)	2(=)
2020-12-27		​ ​ ​	804(+2.3%)	2(=)
2020-12-28		​ ​ ​	804(=)	2(=)
2020-12-29		​ ​ ​	809(+0.62%)	2(=)
2020-12-30		​ ​ ​	809(=)	2(=)
2020-12-31		​ ​ ​	818(+1.1%)	2(=)
2021-01-01		​ ​ ​	822(+0.49%)	2(=)
2021-01-02		​ ​ ​	822(=)	2(=)
2021-01-03		​ ​ ​	833(+1.3%)	2(=)
2021-01-04		​ ​ ​	842(+1.1%)	2(=)
2021-01-05		​ ​ ​	842(=)	2(=)
2021-01-06		​ ​ ​	884(+5%)	2(=)
2021-01-07		​ ​ ​	885(+0.11%)	2(=)
2021-01-08		​ ​ ​	885(=)	2(=)
2021-01-09		​ ​ ​	885(=)	2(=)
2021-01-10		​ ​ ​	986(+11%)	2(=)
2021-01-11		​ ​ ​	1,019(+3.3%)	2(=)
2021-01-12		​ ​ ​	1,019(=)	2(=)
2021-01-13		​ ​ ​	1,062(+4.2%)	2(=)
2021-01-14		​ ​ ​	1,103(+3.9%)	2(=)
2021-01-15		​ ​ ​	1,150(+4.3%)	2(=)
2021-01-16		​ ​ ​	1,185(+3%)	2(=)
2021-01-17		​ ​ ​	1,236(+4.3%)	2(=)
2021-01-18		​ ​ ​	1,245(+0.73%)	2(=)
2021-01-19		​ ​ ​	1,253(+0.64%)	2(=)
2021-01-20		​ ​ ​	1,322(+5.5%)	2(=)
2021-01-21		​ ​ ​	1,358(+2.7%)	2(=)
2021-01-22		​ ​ ​	1,380(+1.6%)	2(=)
2021-01-23		​ ​ ​	1,438(+4.2%)	2(=)
2021-01-24		​ ​ ​	1,472(+2.4%)	2(=)
2021-01-25		​ ​ ​	1,479(+0.48%)	2(=)
2021-01-26		​ ​ ​	1,481(+0.14%)	2(=)
2021-01-27		​ ​ ​	1,542(+4.1%)	2(=)
2021-01-28		​ ​ ​	1,584(+2.7%)	2(=)
2021-01-29		​ ​ ​	1,604(+1.3%)	2(=)
2021-01-30		​ ​ ​	1,613(+0.56%)	2(=)
2021-01-31		​ ​ ​	1,632(+1.2%)	2(=)
2021-02-01		​ ​ ​	1,635(+0.18%)	2(=)
2021-02-02		​ ​ ​	1,641(+0.37%)	2(=)
2021-02-03		​ ​ ​	1,664(+1.4%)	2(=)
2021-02-04		​ ​ ​	1,686(+1.3%)	2(=)
2021-02-05		​ ​ ​	1,698(+0.71%)	3(+50%)
2021-02-06		​ ​ ​	1,717(+1.1%)	3(=)
2021-02-07		​ ​ ​	1,723(+0.35%)	3(=)
2021-02-08		​ ​ ​	1,728(+0.29%)	3(=)
2021-02-09		​ ​ ​	1,730(+0.12%)	3(=)
2021-02-10		​ ​ ​	1,751(+1.2%)	3(=)
2021-02-11		​ ​ ​	1,771(+1.1%)	3(=)
2021-02-12		​ ​ ​	1,797(+1.5%)	3(=)
2021-02-13		​ ​ ​	1,824(+1.5%)	3(=)
2021-02-14		​ ​ ​	1,824(=)	3(=)
2021-02-15		​ ​ ​	1,849(+1.4%)	3(=)
2021-02-16		​ ​ ​	1,855(+0.32%)	3(=)
2021-02-17		​ ​ ​	1,895(+2.2%)	3(=)
2021-02-18		​ ​ ​	1,928(+1.7%)	3(=)
2021-02-19		​ ​ ​	1,955(+1.4%)	3(=)
2021-02-20		​ ​ ​	1,983(+1.4%)	3(=)
2021-02-21		​ ​ ​	2,031(+2.4%)	3(=)
2021-02-22		​ ​ ​	2,034(+0.15%)	3(=)
2021-02-23		​ ​ ​	2,041(+0.34%)	3(=)
2021-02-24		​ ​ ​	2,069(+1.4%)	3(=)
2021-02-25		​ ​ ​	2,106(+1.8%)	3(=)
2021-02-26		​ ​ ​	2,143(+1.8%)	3(=)
2021-02-27		​ ​ ​	2,181(+1.8%)	3(=)
2021-02-28		​ ​ ​	2,209(+1.3%)	3(=)
2021-03-01		​ ​ ​	2,217(+0.36%)	3(=)
2021-03-02		​ ​ ​	2,224(+0.32%)	3(=)
2021-03-03		​ ​ ​	2,240(+0.72%)	3(=)
2021-03-04		​ ​ ​	2,268(+1.2%)	3(=)
2021-03-05		​ ​ ​	2,283(+0.66%)	3(=)
2021-03-06		​ ​ ​	2,299(+0.7%)	3(=)
2021-03-07		​ ​ ​	2,319(+0.87%)	3(=)
2021-03-08		​ ​ ​	2,334(+0.65%)	3(=)
2021-03-09		​ ​ ​	2,339(+0.21%)	3(=)
2021-03-10		​ ​ ​	2,369(+1.3%)	3(=)
2021-03-11		​ ​ ​	2,396(+1.1%)	3(=)
2021-03-12		​ ​ ​	2,420(+1%)	3(=)
2021-03-13		​ ​ ​	2,441(+0.87%)	3(=)
2021-03-14		​ ​ ​	2,461(+0.82%)	3(=)
2021-03-15		​ ​ ​	2,461(=)	3(=)
2021-03-16		​ ​ ​	2,461(=)	3(=)
2021-03-17		​ ​ ​	2,461(=)	3(=)
2021-03-18		​ ​ ​	2,542(+3.3%)	3(=)
2021-03-19		​ ​ ​	2,563(+0.83%)	3(=)
2021-03-20		​ ​ ​	2,563(=)	3(=)
2021-03-21		​ ​ ​	2,613(+2%)	6(+100%)
2021-03-22		​ ​ ​	2,618(+0.19%)	6(=)
2021-03-23		​ ​ ​	2,628(+0.38%)	6(=)
2021-03-24		​ ​ ​	2,657(+1.1%)	6(=)
2021-03-25		​ ​ ​	2,657(=)	6(=)
2021-03-26		​ ​ ​	2,657(=)	6(=)
2021-03-27		​ ​ ​	2,657(=)	6(=)
2021-03-28		​ ​ ​	2,757(+3.8%)	6(=)
2021-03-29		​ ​ ​	2,757(=)	6(=)
2021-03-30		​ ​ ​	2,757(=)	6(=)
2021-03-31		​ ​ ​	2,810(+1.9%)	6(=)
2021-04-01		​ ​ ​	2,842(+1.1%)	6(=)
2021-04-02		​ ​ ​	2,842(=)	6(=)
2021-04-03		​ ​ ​	2,911(+2.4%)	6(=)
2021-04-04		​ ​ ​	2,911(=)	6(=)
2021-04-05		​ ​ ​	2,964(+1.8%)	6(=)
2021-04-06		​ ​ ​	2,970(+0.2%)	6(=)
2021-04-07		​ ​ ​	3,017(+1.6%)	6(=)
2021-04-08		​ ​ ​	3,027(+0.33%)	6(=)
2021-04-09		​ ​ ​	3,078(+1.7%)	6(=)
2021-04-10		​ ​ ​	3,119(+1.3%)	6(=)
2021-04-11		​ ​ ​	3,154(+1.1%)	6(=)
2021-04-12		​ ​ ​	3,154(=)	6(=)
2021-04-13		​ ​ ​	3,262(+3.4%)	6(=)
2021-04-14		​ ​ ​	3,333(+2.2%)	6(=)
2021-04-15		​ ​ ​	3,424(+2.7%)	6(=)
2021-04-16		​ ​ ​	3,477(+1.5%)	6(=)
2021-04-17		​ ​ ​	3,477(=)	6(=)
2021-04-18		​ ​ ​	3,477(=)	6(=)
2021-04-19		​ ​ ​	3,612(+3.9%)	6(=)
2021-04-20		​ ​ ​	3,643(+0.86%)	6(=)
2021-04-21		​ ​ ​	3,706(+1.7%)	6(=)
2021-04-22		​ ​ ​	3,732(+0.7%)	6(=)
2021-04-23		​ ​ ​	3,759(+0.72%)	6(=)
2021-04-24		​ ​ ​	3,805(+1.2%)	6(=)
2021-04-25		​ ​ ​	3,853(+1.3%)	6(=)
2021-04-26		​ ​ ​	3,874(+0.55%)	6(=)

March 2020

Burundi's Health Minister Thadée Ndikumana confirmed the country's first two cases of coronavirus disease 2019 on 31 March, Burundi nationals travelling back from Rwanda and Dubai respectively.

April 2020

On 5 April, a further positive case was confirmed, a 39-year-old woman, while 7 other people tested negative. In total there were 20 new cases in April, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 18. One patient died (14 April) and 8 recovered, leaving 6 active cases at the end of the month.

May 2020

On 12 May, the foreign ministry of Burundi addressed a letter to WHO's Africa headquarters, ordering four officials coordinating the coronavirus response to leave the country. The letter said the four individuals "are declared persona non grata and as such, must leave the territory of Burundi" by 15 May. The health minister reportedly accuses WHO of "unacceptable interference in [the country's] management of the coronavirus".

On 28 May, First Lady Denise Bucumi-Nkurunziza tested positive for COVID-19.

There were 48 new cases in May, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 63. The death toll remained unchanged. 29 cases were active at the end of the month.

June 2020

On 8 June, President Pierre Nkurunziza died of what was described as a heart attack in a government statement. However, with government authorities accused of deliberately covering up the scope of the pandemic, and in the wake of unconfirmed reports that his wife was flown to Kenya 11 days before, having contracted COVID-19, some have speculated that the president died of COVID-19.

There were 107 new cases in June, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 170. The death toll remained unchanged and the number of recovered patients rose to 115, leaving 54 active cases at the end of the month.

July 2020

There were 217 new cases in July, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 387. The death toll remained unchanged. The number of recovered patients increased by 189 to 304, leaving 82 active cases at the end of the month.

August 2020

There were 58 new cases in August, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 445. The death toll remained unchanged. There were 87 active cases at the end of the month.

September 2020

There were 63 new cases in September, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 508. The death toll remained unchanged. The number of recovered patients increased to 472, leaving 35 active cases at the end of the month.

October 2020

There were 81 new cases in October, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 589. The death toll remained unchanged. The number of recovered patients increased to 515, leaving 73 active cases at the end of the month.

November 2020

There were 99 new cases in November, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 688. The death toll remained unchanged. The number of recovered patients increased to 575, leaving 112 active cases at the end of the month.

December 2020

Former president Pierre Buyoya died in Paris from COVID-19 on 17 December. There were 130 new cases in December, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 818. The death toll doubled to 2. The number of recovered patients increased to 687, leaving 129 active cases at the end of the month.

January 2021

The number of confirmed cases doubled from December to January, taking the total number to 1632. The death toll remained unchanged. The number of recovered patients increased to 773, leaving 857 active cases at the end of the month.

February 2021

There were 377 new cases in February, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 2209. The death toll rose to 3. The number of recovered patients remained unchanged, leaving 1433 active cases at the end of the month.

March 2021

There were 633 new cases in March, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 2842. The death toll doubled to 6. The number of recovered patients increased to 1155, leaving 1681 active cases at the end of the month.

April 2021

There were 1204 new cases in April, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 4046. The death toll remained unchanged. The number of recovered patients increased to 3682, leaving 358 active cases at the end of the month.

Prevention

On 12 March, the government instituted 14-day quarantining for people entering Burundi from affected countries.

President Nkurunziza refused to impose restrictions on the country, permitting political rallies and sporting events to take place.

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory