of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 378565 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 14 june, the number of confirmed cases increased to 314242 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2709. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 384452 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 21 june, the number of confirmed cases increased to 318528 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2719. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 391031 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 24 june, the ministry of health announced that as of may 2022, the country was in the midst of a fifth wave of covid-19 infections. on 28 june, the number of confirmed cases increased to 321968 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2739. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 397989 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 30 june, the number of confirmed cases increased to 322769 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2750. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 402020 persons had received a booster vaccination. july 2022 on 7 july, the number of confirmed cases increased to 324154 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2753. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 405491 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 14 july, the number of confirmed cases increased to 324841 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2760. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 412035 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 21 july, the number of confirmed cases increased to 325181 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2763. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 415960 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 28 july, the number of confirmed cases increased to 325470 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2770. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 420133 persons had received a booster vaccination. august 2022 on 4 august, the number of confirmed cases increased to 325724 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2772. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 423672 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 11 august, the number of confirmed cases increased to 325824 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2774. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 426604 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 18 august, the number of confirmed cases increased to 325850 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2777. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 427581 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 25 august, the number of confirmed cases increased to 325864 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2778. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 429713 persons had received a booster vaccination. september 2022 on 1 september, the number of confirmed cases increased to 325911 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll remained unchanged. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 432277 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 15 september, the number of confirmed cases increased to 326227 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2780. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 442206 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 22 september, the number of confirmed cases increased to 326288 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2781. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 454224 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 29 september, the number of confirmed cases increased to 326309 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll remained unchanged. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 466951 persons had received a booster vaccination. october 2022 on 6 october, the number of confirmed cases increased to 326324 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll rose to 2782. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 474269 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 13 october, the number of confirmed cases increased to 326342 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll remained unchanged. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 484000 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 20 october, the number of confirmed cases increased to 326357 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll remained unchanged. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 488037 persons had received a booster vaccination. on 27 october, the number of confirmed cases increased to 326367 (excluding those transferred to other countries). the death toll remained unchanged. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.6 million persons had been fully vaccinated while 493552 persons had received a booster vaccination. november 2022 the number of confirmed cases increased to 326392 on 3 november, 326440 on 10 november, 326500 on 17 november, 326593 on 24 november, and 326760 by the end of the month. the death toll increased to 2783 on 3 november and to 2785 by the end of the month. december 2022 the number of confirmed cases increased to 327021 on 3 december, 327471 on 10 december, 327820 on 17 december, 328031 on 24 december, and 328190 on 31 december. the death toll rose to 2787. since the start of vaccinations on 26 march 2021, 1.6 million persons had been fully vaccinated while half a million had received a booster vaccination. january 2023 the ministry of health and wellness announced on 13 january that the xbb.1.5 variant had been detected in botswana. the number of confirmed cases increased to 328541 on 7 january, 328847 on 14 january, 329187 on 21 january, and 329454 on 28 january. the death toll rose to 2798. february 2023 the number of confirmed cases increased to 329595 on 7 february, 329614 on 9 february, 329662 on 11 february, 329734 on 18 february, and 329765 on 25 february. the death toll rose to 2801. march 2023 the number of confirmed cases increased to 329776 on 4 march, 329812 on 18 march, and 329836 by the end of march. statistics new cases per day vaccination main article: covid-19 vaccination in botswana prevention as a precautionary measure the government has banned gatherings of more than 50 people and the entry of people from countries deemed high-risk. on 24 march, the government announced that borders would be closed, save for twelve designated entry points. citizens of botswana are permitted to return but must be quarantined for 14 days. there is concern, however, that people may still enter botswana illegally from zimbabwe by avoiding official border crossings. all schools were closed from 20 march. teaching resumed on 2 june. the pandemic and travel restrictions disrupted what was to be botswana's first elephant hunting season since 2014 and affected the diamond industry. on 31 march the president of botswana, mokgweetsi masisi gave a speech and declared a state of public emergency for the purpose of taking appropriate and stringent measures to address the risks posed by the covid-19 pandemic. the president said that a 21-day state of public emergency would not be sufficient to employ the necessary measures to fight the pandemic. the state of public emergency would have come into effect from thursday, 2 april 2020 until thursday, 30 april 2020, days later the president wanted to extend the 28 day state of public emergency to a six month long state of public emergency which will end on friday, 2 october 2020. the president summoned the national assembly in order for the mps to vote on the six-month extension. on thursday, 9 april 2020 the national assembly voted in favour of the six-month extension by acclamation. the full presidential speech can be found here: botswana's response to the covid-19 pandemic. with effect from 1 may 2020, wearing a face mask is compulsory when leaving one's home. on 20 may the extreme social distancing brought in on 2 april came to an end. it was replaced by a zoning strategy combined with 13 check points between zones. there are nine covid-19 zones: boteti, chobe, ghanzi, greater francistown, greater gaborone, greater palapye, greater phikwe, maun, kgalagadi. on 31 july the greater gaborone zone came under lock down. on 12 june stanbic bank botswana was ordered temporarily to close its gaborone head office and fairgrounds branch following a positive test for covid-19 from an employee. after comprehensive testing with negative results they were able to open again on 17 june (head office) and 18 june (branch). also on 12 june, gaborone private hospital (gph) was ordered to close following eight patients testing positive. all eight tests were later declared negative by the covid-19 task force team after additional testing and the hospital was allowed to open again from 15 june. gph has subsequently insisted on its original positive test results. the disagreement over test protocols, outcomes and use of accredited laboratories risked escalating to a matter of national security. from 24 december to 31 january a nationwide curfew was in place nightly from 7pm to 4am. sanitising station at church. a man disinfecting a truck. teenager wearing a mask. social distancing at university of botswana. teachers keeping a safe distance.