{ "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "attribution": "EbolaIntel (https://ebolaintel.com)", "apiVersion": "v1", "outbreakId": "2026-drc-uganda", "generatedAt": "2026-10-15T07:26:06.653Z", "count": 101, "note": "Time-series of cumulative cases and deaths for the active 2026 Bundibugyo PHEIC. Some pre-PHEIC points reconstructed from contemporaneous reporting; revisions logged at /changes.", "snapshots": [ { "date": "2026-04-21", "cases": 2, "deaths": 1, "source": "DRC MoH press briefing", "note": "First reported cluster in Bunia, initially classified as suspected viral haemorrhagic fever." }, { "date": "2026-04-28", "cases": 11, "deaths": 4, "source": "WHO AFRO situation update", "note": "Laboratory at INRB Kinshasa returns first BDBV-positive PCR." }, { "date": "2026-05-05", "cases": 38, "deaths": 12, "source": "WHO Disease Outbreak News", "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news" }, { "date": "2026-05-12", "cases": 124, "deaths": 34, "source": "WHO AFRO", "sourceUrl": "https://www.afro.who.int", "note": "Spread documented to Rwampara and Mongbwalu health zones." }, { "date": "2026-05-15", "cases": 254, "deaths": 80, "source": "WHO DON, 15 May 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON602", "note": "First Kampala case confirmed. Two more imported cases reported within 24 hours." }, { "date": "2026-05-17", "cases": 336, "deaths": 87, "source": "WHO PHEIC declaration", "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2026-epidemic-of-ebola-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-uganda-determined-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern", "note": "WHO Director-General declares PHEIC on advice of IHR Emergency Committee." }, { "date": "2026-05-18", "cases": 348, "deaths": 89, "source": "CDC media release + Africa CDC regional briefing, 17-18 May 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026/cdc-mobilizes-international-ebola-response.html", "note": "CDC mobilises international response. Africa CDC activates regional Incident Management Support Team covering DRC, Uganda, South Sudan with a 72-hour action plan." }, { "date": "2026-05-19", "cases": 545, "deaths": 132, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health briefing (Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba), reported by AP via Times of India, 19 May 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/congo-health-ministry-reports-131-deaths-and-513-suspected-ebola-cases-in-eastern-congo/articleshow/131195339.cms", "note": "DRC: 30 laboratory-confirmed (per WHO Tedros) + 513 suspected = 543 cases, 131 estimated deaths across nine Ituri health zones. Uganda unchanged at 2 confirmed / 1 death. Kamba cautioned the death toll remains an estimate pending confirmation that all 131 suspected deaths are Ebola-attributable. Suspected case clusters extend ~200 km from Bunia." }, { "date": "2026-05-20", "cases": 653, "deaths": 140, "source": "WHO Director-General media briefing on Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda, 20 May 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/news-room/speeches/item/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-ebola-outbreak-in-drc-and-uganda-20-may-2026", "note": "DRC: 51 laboratory-confirmed cases including in Nord-Kivu Province (Goma) + nearly 600 suspected = ~651 total cases, 139 suspected deaths across 11 health zones. Uganda unchanged at 2 confirmed / 1 death. One US national plus six high-risk contacts medically evacuated to Germany. WHO assesses risk as high at national and regional levels, low globally. Africa CDC declares a continental emergency." }, { "date": "2026-05-22", "cases": 834, "deaths": 185, "source": "WHO Director-General Member State information session on outbreaks of Ebola and hantavirus, 22 May 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/news-room/speeches/item/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-member-state-information-session-on-outbreaks-of-ebola-and-hantavirus-22-may-2026", "note": "DRC: 82 laboratory-confirmed cases (60 Ituri, 4 Nord-Kivu, balance under investigation) with 7 confirmed deaths + ~750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths across 11 health zones. Uganda unchanged at 2 confirmed / 1 death. WHO upgrades national risk assessment from HIGH to VERY HIGH; regional remains HIGH, global LOW. A US high-risk contact is under observation in Czech Republic. A 21 May security incident in Ituri destroyed medical tents and supplies; contact tracing in Bunia remains low. Tedros: the epidemic in DRC is much larger than confirmed figures suggest." }, { "date": "2026-05-23", "cases": 831, "deaths": 186, "source": "WHO Disease Outbreak News (DON603), 21 May 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON603", "note": "DRC: 83 laboratory-confirmed cases with 9 confirmed deaths (confirmed CFR 11 percent) plus 746 suspected cases and 176 suspected deaths across 15 health zones in Ituri, Nord-Kivu, and Sud-Kivu provinces. A laboratory-confirmed death near Bukavu (Sud-Kivu) marks the first confirmed case outside Ituri/Nord-Kivu; the patient had travelled from Kisangani in Tshopo. Three Ituri zones (Mongbwalu, Rwampara, Bunia) hold roughly 96 percent of suspected and 79 percent of confirmed cases. Uganda unchanged at 2 confirmed / 1 death. The IHR Emergency Committee Temporary Recommendations were published on 22 May, formalising guidance on surveillance, IPC, safe burials, points of entry, and accelerated R&D; flight suspensions and traveller denial were not recommended." }, { "date": "2026-05-25", "cases": 1012, "deaths": 221, "source": "WHO Monday briefing + US CDC update of 24 May 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.cdc.gov/han/php/notices/han00530.html", "note": "Outbreak crosses 1,000 cases. DRC: 101 laboratory-confirmed + 904 suspected = 1,005 total, with ~220 suspected deaths across 15 health zones in Ituri, Nord-Kivu, and Sud-Kivu. Uganda jumps from 2 to 7 confirmed cases with documented local transmission (a driver, a health worker, and a Congolese woman who travelled through Entebbe and Kampala). Africa CDC names 10 at-risk neighbouring countries: Angola, Burundi, CAR, Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia. Second security incident in four days: armed men stormed Mongbwalu General Hospital on 24 May, forcing staff to evacuate patients under gunfire. DRC opens three Ebola treatment centres in the east." }, { "date": "2026-05-26", "cases": 1018, "deaths": 234, "source": "ECDC mirror of DRC Ministry of Health data of 25 May 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-virus-disease-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "DRC: 105 laboratory-confirmed cases (10 confirmed deaths) + 906 suspected cases (223 suspected deaths) = 1,011 total cases and 233 deaths across 15 health zones in Ituri, Nord-Kivu, and Sud-Kivu. Uganda unchanged at 7 confirmed and 1 death. Two humanitarian aid workers returning from Uganda were hospitalised in isolation in Milan on 25 May with symptoms compatible with viral haemorrhagic fever; laboratory testing ruled out Ebola disease. Italian Health Ministry and ECDC both assess EU/EEA risk as very low." }, { "date": "2026-05-27", "cases": 1205, "deaths": 256, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health update of 26 May 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167592", "note": "DRC: 121 laboratory-confirmed cases (17 confirmed deaths) + 1,077 suspected cases (238 suspected deaths) = 1,198 total cases and 255 deaths across 15 health zones in Ituri, Nord-Kivu, and Sud-Kivu. Uganda unchanged at 7 confirmed and 1 death. Tedros on 27 May warns the outbreak is colliding with active conflict (ADF, CODECO, M23) and severe food insecurity (~10 million people facing acute hunger in the affected regions), appealing for an immediate ceasefire. Oxford Vaccine Group announced 22 May that it is working with the Serum Institute of India to scale doses of a monovalent ChAdOx1 BDBV candidate, with trial doses 2-3 months out; an rVSV-BDBV candidate is also in the pipeline at 6-9 months." }, { "date": "2026-05-28", "cases": 1205, "deaths": 264, "source": "Composite of DRC Ministry of Health 26 May + WHO Virtual Ministerial Briefing 25 May + outbreak news consolidation 26-27 May 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/news-room/speeches/item/who-director-general-s-remarks-at-the-virtual-ministerial-briefing-on-the-bundibugyo-ebola-outbreak-25-may-2026", "note": "Cases hold at 1,205; deaths revised up to at least 264. Per-zone confirmed-case breakdown surfaced: Rwampara 32 (with 621 contacts under follow-up), Bunia 24, Mongbwalu 19, Miti-Murhesa (Sud-Kivu) 1; 2,231 contacts across the response. Sud-Kivu has 7 suspected cases across Miti-Murhesa, Nyantunde, Bukavu, and Shabunda territory with a specialised treatment site at the university clinics of Bukavu. WHO will advance two monoclonal antibodies into clinical trials and evaluate the antiviral obeldesivir as post-exposure prophylaxis jointly with Africa CDC, and released US$3.9 million from the Contingency Fund for Emergencies. Ugandan President Museveni cancelled the Martyrs Day commemoration (which had been expected to attract ~2 million pilgrims) to reduce mass-gathering risk; South African President Ramaphosa announced a financial contribution to Africa CDC." }, { "date": "2026-05-29", "cases": 1040, "deaths": 241, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health update of 28 May 2026 (mirrored by ECDC)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-virus-disease-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Revised down from the 27 May peak (1,205 / 264) after DRC authorities removed non-cases and reclassified others following investigation, a routine correction in an active outbreak. DRC 28 May breakdown: 125 laboratory-confirmed cases (17 confirmed deaths) + 906 suspected cases (223 suspected deaths) = 1,031 cases and 240 deaths across 15 health zones in Ituri, Nord-Kivu, and Sud-Kivu. Uganda rises to 9 confirmed cases and 1 death, at least three linked to travel from DRC. A WHO expert consultation on 28 May concluded that Ervebo should not be used outside research settings for Bundibugyo (cross-protection evidence limited and inconclusive), and prioritised the monoclonal antibodies MBP134 and maftivimab (with remdesivir) for confirmed cases, obeldesivir for post-exposure prophylaxis, and the Oxford ChAdOx1 BDBV candidate, all exclusively within clinical trials." }, { "date": "2026-05-30", "cases": 1262, "deaths": 241, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health update of 29 May 2026, reported by Al Jazeera", "sourceUrl": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/30/confirmed-ebola-cases-nearly-double-in-days-as-who-chief-visits-dr-congo", "note": "Laboratory-confirmed cases in DRC nearly double in two days, from 121 to 225, as testing catches up with the suspected backlog. DRC 29 May figures: 225 laboratory-confirmed cases plus 1,028 suspected cases and more than 220 suspected deaths; Uganda unchanged at 9 confirmed and 1 death. Combined total 1,262 cases and at least 241 deaths. The outbreak recorded its first confirmed recovery this week. WHO Director-General Tedros visited Bunia, the operational epicentre in Ituri, on 30 May, his first trip to the field since the PHEIC, urging affected communities to lead the response. Uganda and Rwanda have both closed their borders with DRC. The United States has pledged more than US$112 million and the IGAD bloc agreed to redirect about US$7 million towards regional prevention. WHO cautions the case-fatality rate could reach 30 to 50 percent. WHO also identified the single-dose rVSV Bundibugyo vaccine candidate (IAVI) as the most promising in development, though it is seven to nine months from human efficacy trials, while the Oxford ChAdOx1 BDBV candidate could enter clinical testing within two to three months pending further animal data." }, { "date": "2026-05-31", "cases": 511, "deaths": 43, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health update of 31 May 2026, mirrored by ECDC (1 June 2026)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-virus-disease-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Reporting shifts to confirmed-led as the suspected backlog is investigated. DRC 31 May figures: 282 laboratory-confirmed cases including 42 confirmed deaths, plus 220 suspected cases under investigation; confirmed cases span 14 health zones in Ituri (264), Nord-Kivu (15), and Sud-Kivu (3). Uganda unchanged at 9 confirmed and 1 death. Combined total around 511 cases and 43 confirmed deaths (confirmed CFR near 15 percent). This is a sharp down-revision from the 30 May figure of 1,262 / 241, and it does not reflect recoveries: it follows reclassification of the suspected backlog as laboratory testing catches up (many suspected cases and suspected deaths discarded as non-Ebola) and a switch by DRC authorities to confirmed-led reporting that no longer publishes a running suspected-death estimate. WHO published a fresh Disease Outbreak News on 29 May. Tedros completed his Bunia field visit on 30-31 May, reminding that DRC has ended all sixteen of its previous Ebola outbreaks and appealing to neighbouring countries to lift travel bans and border closures." }, { "date": "2026-06-01", "cases": 452, "deaths": 49, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health update of 1 June 2026, mirrored by ECDC (2 June 2026)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-virus-disease-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Confirmed count keeps rising while the suspected backlog shrinks. DRC 1 June figures: 321 laboratory-confirmed cases including 48 confirmed deaths, plus 116 suspected cases under investigation; confirmed cases span 15 health zones in Ituri (299), Nord-Kivu (19, across seven health zones), and Sud-Kivu (3). Uganda rises to 15 confirmed and 1 death, with local transmission now predominant (at least seven in-country, four travel-linked; of nine with known location, eight in Kampala and one in Wakiso). Combined total around 452 cases and 49 confirmed deaths (confirmed CFR near 15 percent). The outbreak has now recorded five recoveries (four nurses discharged plus a laboratory worker cleared), against sixteen infected health workers. WHO handed over a refurbished 24-bed Ebola Treatment Centre in Bunia (expandable to 60 beds) with an annexe of up to 42 beds planned, and published Disease Outbreak News DON605." }, { "date": "2026-06-02", "cases": 475, "deaths": 61, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health update of 2 June 2026, mirrored by ECDC (3 June 2026)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-virus-disease-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Confirmed cases climb again. DRC 2 June figures: 344 laboratory-confirmed cases including 60 confirmed deaths (23 new confirmed since the previous day), plus 116 suspected cases under investigation; confirmed cases span 16 health zones in Ituri (322), Nord-Kivu (19, across seven health zones), and Sud-Kivu (3). Uganda unchanged at 15 confirmed and 1 death (eight in Kampala, one in Wakiso; at least seven in-country transmission, four travel-linked). Combined total around 475 cases and 61 confirmed deaths (confirmed CFR near 17 percent). Recoveries hold at five against sixteen infected health workers. CEPI announced up to US$62 million to fast-track three Bundibugyo vaccine candidates: up to US$50 million for a Moderna mRNA candidate, US$8.6 million for the Oxford ChAdOx1 BDBV candidate (with the Serum Institute of India), and US$3.2 million for the IAVI rVSV-BDBV candidate." }, { "date": "2026-06-03", "cases": 494, "deaths": 63, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health update of 3 June 2026, mirrored by ECDC (4 June 2026)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-virus-disease-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Confirmed cases keep climbing. DRC 3 June figures: 363 laboratory-confirmed cases including 62 confirmed deaths (19 new confirmed since the previous day), with 206 people hospitalised in isolation, plus 116 suspected cases under investigation; confirmed cases span 17 health zones in Ituri (341), Nord-Kivu (19, across seven health zones), and Sud-Kivu (3). Transmission has reached a new Ituri health zone, Mambasa, more than 160 kilometres south of Mongbwalu. Uganda unchanged at 15 confirmed and 1 death (eight in Kampala, one in Wakiso; at least seven in-country transmission, four travel-linked). Combined total around 494 cases and 63 confirmed deaths (confirmed CFR near 17 percent). The outbreak has now recorded eight recoveries (six in DRC, two in Uganda) against sixteen infected health workers. At his 3 June media briefing WHO Director-General Tedros cited a lower 359 confirmed cases and 61 deaths across 24 health zones and stressed the response is fighting the outbreak without vaccines or therapeutics; we carry the higher, more recent national figure." }, { "date": "2026-06-04", "cases": 516, "deaths": 66, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health update of 4 June 2026, mirrored by ECDC (5 June 2026)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-virus-disease-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Confirmed cases keep climbing and Uganda records its second death. DRC 4 June figures: 381 laboratory-confirmed cases including 64 confirmed deaths (18 new confirmed since the previous day), with 233 people hospitalised in isolation, plus 116 suspected cases under investigation; confirmed cases span 17 health zones in Ituri (359), Nord-Kivu (19, across seven health zones), and Sud-Kivu (3). Uganda rises to 19 confirmed and 2 deaths, the second fatality being the first since the single death reported in mid-May; three of the new Ugandan cases reported on 5 June were contacts of confirmed cases, and of the nine cases with known location eight are in Kampala and one in Wakiso (at least seven in-country transmission, the remainder travel-linked to DRC). Combined total around 516 cases and 66 confirmed deaths (confirmed CFR near 17 percent). Recoveries hold at eight (six in DRC, two in Uganda) against sixteen infected health workers. WHO Director-General Tedros noted that only about 44 percent of contacts are currently being traced in Ituri and that this must rise towards 90 percent to bring the outbreak under control." }, { "date": "2026-06-05", "cases": 471, "deaths": 84, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health daily situation report of 5 June 2026, reported by AP and Reuters; Uganda Ministry of Health / ECDC status of 5 June 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://apnews.com/article/congo-ebola-outbreak-health-workers-c0fa254aae429c6b2eb09d62527d6cca", "note": "Confirmed-led tally: DRC reports 452 laboratory-confirmed cases and 82 confirmed deaths after 71 new confirmed cases in 24 hours, which authorities described as evidence of active community transmission. Uganda remains at 19 confirmed cases and 2 deaths. Combined confirmed total is therefore 471 cases and 84 deaths, with suspected infections still reported above 1,000 in press summaries but excluded from the headline until classified. AP reporting from Mongbwalu describes exhausted frontline staff, limited compensation, shortages of protective supplies and medicines, continued community skepticism, and mining-camp conditions that amplify transmission risk. WHO and Africa CDC launched a six-month US$518 million continental preparedness and response plan on 5 June, covering June-November 2026." }, { "date": "2026-06-08", "cases": 534, "deaths": 93, "source": "WHO Disease Outbreak News DON606, 8 June 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON606", "note": "WHO reports 534 confirmed cases and 93 confirmed deaths across DRC and Uganda as of 6 June: DRC 515 confirmed cases with 91 confirmed deaths, Uganda 19 confirmed cases with 2 deaths, plus one Uganda probable case who died and is not included in the confirmed headline tally. DRC has reported 390 additional confirmed cases and 74 additional confirmed deaths since WHO DON605, partly because expanded testing cleared a backlog of samples. Confirmed cases are now reported from 25 DRC health zones: Ituri 487 cases across 17 zones, North Kivu 25 across seven zones, and South Kivu 3 in one zone. WHO reports at least 17 recoveries across both countries and 5,040 DRC contacts under follow-up." }, { "date": "2026-06-09", "cases": 569, "deaths": 103, "source": "ECDC update, CDC current situation, and DRC/Uganda Ministry of Health dashboards, 9 June 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Confirmed-led tally: DRC reports 550 confirmed cases and 101 confirmed deaths as of 7 June, while Uganda reports 19 confirmed cases and 2 confirmed deaths as of 9 June, plus one probable death kept outside the headline confirmed total. DRC reported 35 new confirmed cases and 10 new confirmed deaths since the previous update; Uganda reports no new cases in the latest 24-hour dashboard. DRC geography: Ituri 518 confirmed cases across 17 health zones, North Kivu 29 across seven zones, and South Kivu 3 in one zone. Uganda reports 14 imported cases, 5 local cases, 5 recoveries, 11 current admissions, 792 all-time contacts and 388 active contacts under follow-up. AP reports 19 recoveries in DRC and a contact-tracing coverage rate of 64 percent, still below complete follow-up." }, { "date": "2026-06-10", "cases": 617, "deaths": 117, "source": "ECDC update, CDC current situation, DRC INSP SitRep N25, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 10 June 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Confirmed-led tally: DRC reports 598 confirmed cases and 115 confirmed deaths as of 8 June, while Uganda reports 19 confirmed cases and 2 confirmed deaths as of 10 June, plus one probable death kept outside the headline confirmed total. DRC reported 48 new confirmed cases and 14 new confirmed deaths since the previous update; Uganda reports no new cases in the latest 24-hour dashboard. DRC geography: Ituri 563 confirmed cases across 17 health zones, North Kivu 32 across seven zones, and South Kivu 3 in one zone. Uganda reports 14 imported cases, 5 local cases, 5 recoveries, 12 current admissions, 1,037 people tested, 792 all-time contacts and 388 active contacts under follow-up." }, { "date": "2026-06-11", "cases": 654, "deaths": 129, "source": "ECDC update, CDC current situation, DRC INSP SitRep N26, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 11 June 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Confirmed-led tally: DRC reports 635 confirmed cases and 127 confirmed deaths as of 9 June, while Uganda reports 19 confirmed cases and 2 confirmed deaths as of 10 June, plus one probable death kept outside the headline confirmed total. DRC reported 37 new confirmed cases and 12 new confirmed deaths since the previous update; Uganda reports no new cases in the latest 24-hour dashboard. DRC geography: Ituri 600 confirmed cases across 18 health zones, including newly listed Tchomia with two confirmed cases, North Kivu 32 across seven zones, and South Kivu 3 in one zone." }, { "date": "2026-06-12", "cases": 695, "deaths": 138, "source": "ECDC update and DRC INSP SitRep N27, 12 June 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Confirmed-led tally: DRC reports 676 confirmed cases and 136 confirmed deaths as of 10 June, while Uganda reports 19 confirmed cases and 2 confirmed deaths as of 11 June, plus one probable death kept outside the headline confirmed total. DRC reported 41 new confirmed cases and 9 new confirmed deaths since the previous update; Uganda has reported no new cases since 5 June. DRC geography: Ituri 629 confirmed cases across 19 health zones, North Kivu 44 across nine zones, and South Kivu 3 in one zone. ECDC reports three newly affected health zones since the previous update, one in Ituri and two in North Kivu, but does not name them in the public update." }, { "date": "2026-06-14", "cases": 708, "deaths": 141, "source": "CDC current situation and WHO Director-General remarks, 14 June 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.cdc.gov/ebola/situation-summary/index.html", "note": "Confirmed-led tally: CDC, citing DRC and Uganda Ministry of Health figures, lists DRC at 689 confirmed cases and 139 confirmed deaths as of 11 June and Uganda at 19 confirmed cases and 2 confirmed deaths as of 12 June, plus one probable Ugandan case/death kept outside the headline confirmed total. The latest public province-level breakdown remains ECDC's 12 June update: Ituri 629 confirmed cases across 19 health zones, North Kivu 44 across nine zones, and South Kivu 3 in one zone. WHO Director-General Tedros said on 12 June that 32 people have recovered in DRC and 5 in Uganda, Uganda appears stable, and DRC testing capacity and contact tracing remain below the level needed to interrupt transmission." }, { "date": "2026-06-16", "cases": 856, "deaths": 198, "source": "CDC current situation, ECDC update, DRC INSP SitRep N31 and Uganda dashboard, 16 June 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.cdc.gov/ebola/situation-summary/index.html", "note": "Confirmed-led tally: CDC lists DRC at 837 confirmed cases and 196 confirmed deaths as of 14 June, while Uganda reports 19 confirmed cases and 2 confirmed deaths as of 16 June, plus one probable Ugandan case/death kept outside the headline confirmed total. ECDC, citing DRC INSP SitRep N31, carries a lower same-day DRC figure of 808 confirmed cases and 192 confirmed deaths; EbolaIntel uses CDC's higher DRC count while documenting the discrepancy. ECDC reports 363 people hospitalised in isolation and provides the latest public province breakdown: Ituri 738 confirmed cases across 20 health zones, North Kivu 67 across 10 zones, and South Kivu 3 in one zone. Uganda reports no new cases since 5 June, 7 recoveries, 10 current admissions, 192 active contacts under follow-up, and 624 contacts who completed 21-day follow-up." }, { "date": "2026-06-20", "cases": 952, "deaths": 247, "source": "Reuters report citing DRC Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba, WHO DON608, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 20 June 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/3937745-congo-says-933-ebola-cases-confirmed-including-245-deaths", "note": "Confirmed-led tally: Reuters reports DRC Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba saying DRC has risen to 933 confirmed cases and 245 deaths, with 80 recovered patients discharged from treatment centres. Uganda remains at 19 confirmed cases and 2 confirmed deaths, plus one probable Ugandan case/death kept outside the confirmed headline, giving a DRC-plus-Uganda headline of 952 confirmed cases and 247 deaths. WHO DON608, published 19 June with data as of 17 June for DRC and 18 June for Uganda, carried the lower official snapshot of 915 confirmed cases and 234 deaths across both countries: DRC 896 confirmed cases and 232 deaths, Uganda 19 confirmed cases and 2 deaths. WHO reports 33 affected DRC health zones, Ituri at 817 confirmed cases, Bunia 247, Rwampara 195, Mongbwalu 189, Nyankunde 68, 6,367 DRC contacts identified, and 4,525 followed up." }, { "date": "2026-06-21", "cases": 953, "deaths": 247, "source": "Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, Reuters report citing DRC Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba, and CDC transcript, 21 June 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://evd-daily.health.go.ug/", "note": "Confirmed-led tally: Uganda now reports 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths as of 21 June, with 15 imported cases, 5 local cases, 14 recoveries, 4 current admissions, 1,787 people tested, 826 all-time contacts, 56 active contacts under follow-up, 760 completed 21-day follow-ups, 604 alerts, 594 verified alerts, and 5,465 travellers screened. No newer DRC figure has superseded the 20 June Reuters report citing DRC Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba at 933 confirmed cases and 245 deaths, so the combined confirmed headline is 953 cases and 247 deaths. CDC's 18 June transcript added response context: more than 125 CDC staff in DRC and Uganda, US$107 million in emergency funding, and low risk to the United States." }, { "date": "2026-06-22", "cases": 1023, "deaths": 256, "source": "ECDC update, CDC current situation, AP report, Xinhua report, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 22 June 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Confirmed-led tally: ECDC, AP, Xinhua and Anadolu carry DRC Ministry of Health figures at 1,003 confirmed cases and 254 deaths, with 100 recoveries and 365 patients in isolation or hospital. ECDC breaks DRC cases into Ituri 916 from 22 health zones, North Kivu 84 from 11, and South Kivu 3 from one, and newly lists Fataki, Drodro and Musienene as affected health zones. Uganda has updated its dashboard to 22 June but remains at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths, plus one probable case and one probable death kept outside the confirmed headline; active contacts under follow-up fell to 9 and completed 21-day follow-ups rose to 817. AP reports 55% DRC contact-tracing coverage, Xinhua reports 58%, and AP says officials still have not identified the index case. The combined DRC-plus-Uganda headline remains 1,023 confirmed cases and 256 deaths." }, { "date": "2026-06-24", "cases": 1114, "deaths": 279, "source": "Xinhua and AP reports citing DRC Ministry of Health figures, Guardian France reporting, ECDC update, Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 24 June 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://english.news.cn/africa/20260624/00a0ff34129f4e48b76b0d0093db0e73/c.html", "note": "Confirmed-led DRC-plus-Uganda tally: Xinhua and AP carry DRC Ministry of Health figures at 1,094 confirmed cases and 277 confirmed deaths, with 115 recoveries, 387 cases under quarantine or receiving treatment, and 131 suspected cases including 44 suspected deaths. Uganda remains at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths on its 24 June dashboard, while recoveries rise to 15, current admissions fall to 3, people tested rise to 1,869, all-time contacts rise to 831, active contacts remain 9, and completed follow-ups are listed at 814. ECDC carries a lower timing snapshot of DRC at 1,048 / 267 as of 21 June, with Ituri 954, North Kivu 91 and South Kivu 3, and no new affected health zones since its prior update. France reported one imported confirmed case in a doctor returning from a DRC transmission zone; EbolaIntel notes France separately and keeps it outside the DRC-plus-Uganda headline total unless WHO or ECDC include France in affected-country totals." }, { "date": "2026-06-25", "cases": 1138, "deaths": 293, "source": "Xinhua report citing DRC government figures, ECDC update, STAT trial reporting, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 25 June 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://english.news.cn/africa/20260625/7a025558806d43b7aaa66257f9d0775e/c.html", "note": "Confirmed-led DRC-plus-Uganda tally: Xinhua carries DRC government figures at 1,118 confirmed cases and 291 confirmed deaths, with 122 recoveries, 408 patients under care, 138 suspected cases, and a 77.1% contact follow-up rate. Uganda remains at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths on its latest 24 June dashboard, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 1,138 cases and 293 deaths. ECDC carries a lower timing snapshot of DRC at 1,094 / 277 as of 22 June, with Ituri 997, North Kivu 94 and South Kivu 3, and no new affected health zones since its prior update. France remains tracked separately as an imported case outside the DRC-plus-Uganda headline total. WHO officials said the response has scaled up but is still being outpaced, and STAT reports that a DRC trial of MBP134 and remdesivir is expected to begin next week." }, { "date": "2026-06-27", "cases": 1223, "deaths": 323, "source": "US CDC case-count CSV, ECDC outbreak page, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 27 June 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.cdc.gov/wcms/vizdata/ebola/ebola-case-counts-web-updates.csv", "note": "Confirmed-led DRC-plus-Uganda tally: CDC's case-count CSV, updated 26 June, lists DRC Ministry of Health data at 1,203 confirmed cases and 321 confirmed deaths as of 25 June. Uganda remains at 20 confirmed cases and 2 confirmed deaths on its 27 June dashboard, with 15 imported cases, 5 local cases, 15 recoveries, 3 current admissions, 1,869 people tested, 831 all-time contacts, 5 active contacts under follow-up, and 816 completed follow-ups. The DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 1,223 confirmed cases and 323 confirmed deaths. ECDC's 26 June page carries the preceding DRC snapshot at 1,155 / 304 as of 24 June, with Ituri 1,054, North Kivu 98, South Kivu 3, 385 people hospitalised in isolation, and no newly affected health zones. CDC also lists one imported confirmed case in France, kept outside the DRC-plus-Uganda headline." }, { "date": "2026-06-29", "cases": 1294, "deaths": 362, "source": "US CDC case-count CSV, ECDC outbreak page, and Xinhua report citing DRC government figures, 29 June 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.cdc.gov/wcms/vizdata/ebola/ebola-case-counts-web-updates.csv", "note": "Confirmed-led DRC-plus-Uganda tally: CDC's case-count CSV, updated 29 June, lists DRC at 1,274 confirmed cases and 360 confirmed deaths as of 27 June, corroborated by ECDC (updated 29 June) and a 29 June Xinhua report citing DRC government figures (a 28.3% case-fatality rate, 178 recoveries, and 502 patients in isolation or hospital). Uganda holds at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths on its 29 June dashboard, with active contacts under follow-up now at 0 and 821 completed 21-day follow-ups, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 1,294 cases and 362 deaths. ECDC's province split is Ituri 1,165 across 23 health zones, North Kivu 106 across 11, and South Kivu 3 in one, with Mandima in Ituri newly affected, bringing the total to 35 affected health zones. France remains tracked separately as an imported case outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-06-30", "cases": 1327, "deaths": 379, "source": "Al Jazeera and Xinhua reports citing DRC government figures, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 30 June 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/30/dr-congo-says-1307-ebola-cases-confirmed-including-377-deaths", "note": "Confirmed-led DRC-plus-Uganda tally: Al Jazeera and Xinhua report DRC government figures of 1,307 confirmed cases and 377 confirmed deaths as of 29 June, a 28.8% case-fatality rate, with 180 recoveries, 615 patients under care, and an 81.3% contact follow-up rate. Uganda holds at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths on its 29 June dashboard, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 1,327 cases and 379 deaths. The outbreak reached a fourth DRC province, Haut-Uele, after an infected person travelled from Bunia in Ituri and later died there, per DRC's National Institute of Biomedical Research via AFP; Haut-Uele borders South Sudan and the Central African Republic. The DRC Interior Ministry banned mass gatherings in Kinshasa, Tshopo, Haut-Uele and Bas-Uele, and President Tshisekedi announced a national response plan budgeted at US$319 million. ECDC's last province split, as of 27 June, remained Ituri 1,165, North Kivu 106, and South Kivu 3. France remains tracked separately as an imported case outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-02", "cases": 1353, "deaths": 401, "source": "ECDC update (1 July) and US CDC case-count CSV, DRC data as of 29 June; Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 2 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Official reconciliation: ECDC (updated 1 July) and CDC's case-count CSV lift DRC to 1,333 confirmed cases and 399 confirmed deaths as of 29 June, above the 1,307 / 377 DRC government figure Al Jazeera reported on 30 June, with 609 hospitalised in isolation, 189 recovered, and an 82.7% contact follow-up rate. Uganda holds at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths on its 2 July dashboard, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 1,353 cases and 401 deaths. ECDC province split: Ituri 1,214 cases and 335 deaths across 23 of 36 health zones, North Kivu 116 and 63 across 11, and South Kivu 3 and 1 across one, with Haut-Uele newly listed as affected via Ituri's Nia-Nia health zone. France remains tracked separately as an imported case outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-03", "cases": 1426, "deaths": 440, "source": "US CDC case-count CSV (DRC data as of 30 June), WHO PARTNERS trial release, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 3 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.cdc.gov/wcms/vizdata/ebola/ebola-case-counts-web-updates.csv", "note": "CDC's case-count CSV lifts DRC to 1,406 confirmed cases and 438 confirmed deaths as of 30 June, up from 1,333 / 399, corroborated by WHO's 2 July trial release (over 1,400 cases, nearly 440 deaths, about 210 recoveries). ECDC still carries 1,333 / 399 as of 29 June. Uganda holds at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths on its 2 July dashboard (16 recovered), so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 1,426 cases and 440 deaths, a confirmed case-fatality rate near 31%. Also on 2 July, WHO announced that the PARTNERS treatment trial (MBP134 and remdesivir) had enrolled its first patient in Bunia, and UNDP estimated the outbreak could cost DRC more than US$1 billion." }, { "date": "2026-07-05", "cases": 1480, "deaths": 454, "source": "WHO Disease Outbreak News DON612 (3 July), US CDC case-count CSV, and ECDC (updated 3 July), DRC data as of 1 July; Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 5 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON612", "note": "WHO DON612, published 3 July, together with the CDC case-count CSV and ECDC (updated 3 July), lists DRC at 1,460 confirmed cases and 452 confirmed deaths as of 1 July, up from 1,406 / 438, with 641 hospitalised in isolation, 213 recovered and 10,821 contacts identified. Uganda holds at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths on its 2 July dashboard, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 1,480 cases and 454 deaths, a confirmed case-fatality rate near 31%. Province split: Ituri 1,333 cases and 380 deaths across 24 of 36 health zones, North Kivu 124 and 71, and South Kivu 3 and 1. DON612 reports 102 health-worker infections including 25 deaths, and confirmed travel-linked cases from Nia-Nia now detected in Wamba health zone (Haut-Uele) and Kisangani (Tshopo). France remains tracked separately as an imported case outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-06", "cases": 1581, "deaths": 508, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health situation report (data as of 4 July) reported by Xinhua, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 6 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://english.news.cn/20260706/fd7d44c346a74eeca449456b8b3646ac/c.html", "note": "Confirmed-led DRC-plus-Uganda tally: DRC health authorities report 1,561 confirmed cases and 506 confirmed deaths as of 4 July, up from 1,460 / 452, pushing the confirmed death toll past 500 for the first time (crude case-fatality rate about 32.4%), with 254 recovered, 628 confirmed patients in isolation or hospital, and 354 suspected cases including 110 suspected deaths under investigation across 36 health zones in three provinces. DRC says epidemiological weeks 25 and 26 each exceeded 300 confirmed cases, the highest weekly totals since the outbreak began, indicating continued community transmission. Uganda holds at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths on its 2 July dashboard, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 1,581 cases and 508 deaths. The latest public province split remains ECDC's, with DRC data as of 30 June: Ituri 1,333 / 380, North Kivu 124 / 71, South Kivu 3 / 1. France remains tracked separately as an imported case outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-09", "cases": 1779, "deaths": 602, "source": "ECDC (updated 9 July, DRC data as of 7 July) and DRC Ministry of Health situation report carried by RTE, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 9 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Sharp rise: ECDC (updated 9 July) and the DRC situation report carried by RTE place DRC at 1,759 confirmed cases and 600 confirmed deaths as of 7 July, up from 1,561 / 506, with 51 new cases and 20 new deaths logged in a single 24-hour period. Province split: Ituri 1,601 cases and 511 deaths across 25 of 36 health zones, North Kivu 155 and 88 across 11 zones, and South Kivu 3 and 1; 37 of 104 health zones are now affected. Tshopo province reported two suspected cases in Kisangani, one linked to Niania in Ituri and one with no clear geographic link. Uganda holds at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths (16 recovered), so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 1,779 cases and 602 deaths, a confirmed case-fatality rate near 34%. WHO said the outbreak had not yet stabilised and was still expanding as population movement fuelled transmission. France remains tracked separately as an imported case outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-10", "cases": 1812, "deaths": 627, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health situation report (data as of 9 July) carried by Xinhua, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 10 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://english.news.cn/africa/20260710/de8d278a3d674523a71b65c2fd050c86/c.html", "note": "DRC health authorities report 1,792 confirmed cases and 625 confirmed deaths as of 9 July, up from 1,759 / 600, with 295 recovered and 764 patients in isolation or hospital care. Health minister Samuel Roger Kamba said the outbreak is very active and has yet to peak, and that part of the rise reflects expanded surveillance rather than transmission worsening alone. Uganda holds at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths (16 recovered), so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 1,812 cases and 627 deaths, a confirmed case-fatality rate near 35%. DRC is investigating two suspected cases in Kisangani, Tshopo province, one linked to Ituri's Niania health zone and one with no known epidemiological link; if confirmed, Tshopo would be the fourth affected province. The last structured province split remains ECDC's, as of 7 July: Ituri 1,601 / 511, North Kivu 155 / 88, South Kivu 3 / 1. France remains tracked separately as an imported case outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-12", "cases": 1850, "deaths": 650, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health situation update (released 11 July, data as of ~10 July) reported by Reuters, Deccan Herald and Big News Network, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 12 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/279180397/ebola-claims-648-lives-in-dr-congo-as-confirmed-cases-surpass-1800", "note": "A DRC Ministry of Health situation update released 11 July, with data as of about 10 July, lifts DRC to 1,830 confirmed cases and 648 confirmed deaths, up from 1,792 / 625, with 780 patients in treatment and 284 recovered (edged down from 295 in a likely reclassification). ECDC (page updated 10 July), the US CDC case-count file and WHO Disease Outbreak News all still carried 1,792 / 625 as of 8 July, so no province breakdown of the newer total has been published; the last ECDC split, as of 8 July, was Ituri 1,631 / 535, North Kivu 158 / 89, South Kivu 3 / 1. Uganda holds at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths on its 12 July dashboard (17 recovered, 1 admitted), so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 1,850 cases and 650 deaths, a confirmed case-fatality rate near 35%. On 10 July, Haut-Uele became the fourth officially affected province after INRB confirmed seven fatal Bundibugyo cases in the Wamba health zone; Tshopo has not been declared and its two Kisangani suspected cases remain under investigation. Also on 10 July, the US CDC said a second US citizen, a humanitarian worker in DRC, had tested positive for Bundibugyo virus. France remains tracked separately as an imported case outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-13", "cases": 1946, "deaths": 704, "source": "ECDC outbreak page (updated 13 July, DRC data up to 11 July), corroborated by Reuters via TimesLIVE, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 13 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "ECDC lifts DRC to 1,926 confirmed cases and 702 deaths (data up to 11 July), up from 1,830 / 648, with 753 hospitalised in isolation and 295 recovered. A fresh split now reconciles to the total across five provinces: Ituri 1,745 / 601 (26 of 36 zones), North Kivu 173 / 97 (11 of 34; ECDC prints a garbled \"73/97\", but only 173 reconciles the total and matches Wikipedia), South Kivu 3 / 1, Haut-Uele 1 / 1, and Tshopo 4 / 2, with 42 of 117 health zones affected. Tshopo is now the fifth counted province, its two Kisangani cases moved from suspected to confirmed; INSP treats both new provinces as epidemic zones though cases appear imported from Ituri. A senior WHO official told Reuters the true scale could be two to four times official figures because about four of five new cases have no known epidemiological link. Uganda holds at 20 / 2 on its 13 July dashboard (17 recovered, 1 admitted), so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 1,946 cases and 704 deaths, a confirmed case-fatality rate near 36%. The second US case was medically evacuated to Frankfurt University Hospital in stable condition on 13 July. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-14", "cases": 1983, "deaths": 721, "source": "WHO AFRO Weekly External Situation Report 09 (data as of 12 July) and ECDC outbreak page, reported 13 July; Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard", "sourceUrl": "https://www.afro.who.int/countries/democratic-republic-of-congo/publication/ebola-bundibugyo-virus-disease-outbreak-2", "note": "Intermediate reporting cycle, added retrospectively so the series does not read as a single leap. DRC reported 1,963 confirmed cases and 719 deaths (data up to 12 July), up from 1,926 / 702, an increase of 31 confirmed cases and 10 deaths, with 736 hospitalised in isolation and 333 recovered. WHO AFRO Weekly External Situation Report 09 and ECDC carry the same figures; Ituri stood at 1,772 / 608 across 26 of 36 health zones and North Kivu at 177 / 100. Uganda holds at 20 / 2, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline for this cycle is 1,983 cases and 721 deaths. EbolaIntel published no refresh on 14 July, so this point was reconstructed from the two sources above on 15 July." }, { "date": "2026-07-15", "cases": 2031, "deaths": 756, "source": "ECDC outbreak page (updated 15 July, DRC data up to 13 July, reported by DRC 14 July), corroborated by AP, Al Jazeera and Bloomberg, and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 15 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "DRC passes 2,000 confirmed cases. ECDC lifts DRC to 2,011 confirmed cases and 754 deaths (data up to 13 July, reported 14 July), up from 1,963 / 719, with 753 hospitalised in isolation and 366 recovered. The province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 1,808 / 631 (26 of 36 zones), North Kivu 182 / 106 (11 of 34), South Kivu 3 / 1 (1 of 34), Haut-Uele 14 / 13 (4 of 13), Tshopo 4 / 3 (3 of 23), with 45 of 140 health zones affected. Haut-Uele is the sharpest move, from 1 / 1 to 14 / 13 in two days, the most lethal provincial cluster in the outbreak and one surfaced mainly through community deaths. The 13 July \"73/97\" North Kivu garble is gone and the province prints cleanly at 182 / 106. The health-zone denominator moves from the 117 published on 13 July to 140 because 117 omitted Tshopo; 42 to 45 is real spread, all of it Haut-Uele. Contact follow-up reads 67.4%, down from 78.6%, but is not directly comparable because ECDC now measures across Ituri, North Kivu and Haut-Uele rather than the first two only. At a WHO briefing on 14 July, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu said the true scale is at least two to four times the cases being found, that 80% of new cases fall outside contact lists, and that WHO logged more than 80 confirmed cases in a single 24-hour period; ECDC, citing WHO AFRO, reports 92.3% of 430 deaths investigated to 5 July occurred in the community or before admission. Uganda holds at 20 / 2 as of 14 July (17 recovered, 1 admitted, last case 21 June), so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 2,031 cases and 756 deaths, a confirmed case-fatality rate near 37%. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-17", "cases": 2144, "deaths": 830, "source": "WHO Disease Outbreak News DON613 (published 17 July, DRC data as of 15 July), corroborated by the ECDC outbreak page (reported 16 July), and Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 19 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON613", "note": "WHO DON613, the first full WHO Disease Outbreak News since DON612 on 3 July, lifts DRC to 2,124 confirmed cases and 828 confirmed deaths (data as of 15 July), up from 2,011 / 754, with 725 hospitalised in isolation and 390 recovered. The province split reconciles exactly and matches the ECDC page: Ituri 1,904 / 692 across 27 of 36 health zones, North Kivu 199 / 119 across 11 of 34, South Kivu 3 / 1, Haut-Uele 14 / 13, and Tshopo 4 / 3, with 46 of 140 zones now affected; the rise since 15 July is concentrated in Ituri (up 96 cases and 61 deaths, with one newly affected zone) and North Kivu (up 17 cases and 13 deaths), while South Kivu, Haut-Uele and Tshopo are unchanged. DON613 reports 119 health-worker infections including 36 deaths and 61 recoveries, and 80.3% of 12,693 identified contacts under follow-up. Uganda holds at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths (18 recovered, last case 21 June) and is on day three of the 42-day countdown it began on 16 July, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 2,144 cases and 830 deaths, a confirmed case-fatality rate near 39%. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline. EbolaIntel published no refresh on 17 or 18 July, so this point was carried in the 19 July review." }, { "date": "2026-07-18", "cases": 2201, "deaths": 866, "source": "DRC INSP daily situation report (data as of 16 July), reported by REPORTER.CD and Infos-Express on 18 July and corroborated by Associated Press on 18 July; Uganda Ministry of Health", "sourceUrl": "https://www.reporter.cd/rdc-lepidemie-debola-franchit-la-barre-des-2-100-cas-confirmes/", "note": "Intermediate reporting cycle, added so the series does not read as a single leap. The DRC national public health institute (INSP) put DRC at 2,181 confirmed cases and 864 confirmed deaths as of 16 July, up from the 2,124 / 828 WHO DON613 validated for 15 July, with 722 hospitalised in isolation, 412 recovered and an apparent case-fatality rate of 39.6%. The day added 44 confirmed cases in Ituri, 8 in North Kivu and 4 in Haut-Uele, with no new province and no new health zone. Associated Press independently cited 2,181 cases and 864 deaths in its 18 July report on attacks against the response, which is the corroboration that lets us carry this point. Contact follow-up was reported at 66.9% nationally on this cut, against 80.3% on the WHO figure a day earlier and 83.6% a day later; the metric is moving too erratically across daily sitreps to read as a trend. Uganda holds at 20 / 2, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline for this cycle is 2,201 cases and 866 deaths. EbolaIntel published no refresh on 17 or 18 July, so this point was reconstructed on 19 July." }, { "date": "2026-07-19", "cases": 2287, "deaths": 895, "source": "DRC INSP situation report SitRep N°064/MVB (data as of 17 July, released late 18 July), reported by Reuters and EFE on 19 July; Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 19 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://english.aawsat.com/world/5297648-congo-says-number-confirmed-ebola-cases-rises-2267-including-893-deaths", "note": "The DRC government situation report SitRep N°064/MVB, dated 17 July and released late on 18 July, lifts DRC to 2,267 confirmed cases and 893 confirmed deaths, up from the 2,124 / 828 WHO DON613 validated for 15 July, with 722 hospitalised in isolation, 444 recovered, an apparent case-fatality rate of 39.4% and 83.6% of contacts under follow-up. The report logged 86 new confirmed cases and 29 new deaths in the preceding 24 hours alone, among the sharpest single-day movements of the outbreak. The province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 2,023 / 745, North Kivu 214 / 130, South Kivu 3 / 1, Haut-Uele 22 / 13, Tshopo 5 / 4, with the health-zone count unchanged at 46 of 140 and no new province. The recovered column in that split, 406 in Ituri, 37 in North Kivu and 1 in Tshopo, sums to the 444 EFE reports independently, which is what gives us confidence in the breakdown. Haut-Uele adds 8 cases and no deaths, so its apparent case-fatality ratio falls from 92.9% to 59.1%: the province looked almost uniformly lethal when it surfaced through community deaths, and is now finding living cases. This figure comes from DRC national reporting rather than WHO; WHO, ECDC and Africa CDC were all still frozen at the DON613 cut of 2,124 / 828 as of this review. Uganda holds at 20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths (18 recovered, 0 admitted, last case 21 June) on day three of its 42-day countdown, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 2,287 cases and 895 deaths, a confirmed case-fatality rate near 39%. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-20", "cases": 2364, "deaths": 932, "source": "DRC INSP/COUSP situation report SitRep N°065/MVB (reporting date 18 July, publication date 19 July), corroborated by the ECDC outbreak page (updated 20 July 15:00) and Associated Press (20 July); Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 20 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "DRC confirmed deaths pass 900. SitRep N°065/MVB lifts DRC to 2,344 confirmed cases and 930 confirmed deaths (data as of 18 July), up from 2,267 / 893, with 724 patients in isolation (272 confirmed, 452 suspected), 466 recovered and an apparent case-fatality rate of 39.7%. ECDC caught up on 20 July and carries the identical figures and province split, so this cut is corroborated rather than resting on national reporting alone; WHO has not moved, with DON613 still its latest Disease Outbreak News at 2,124 / 828 as of 15 July. The day-on-day arithmetic needs care: the response recorded 83 new confirmed cases (Ituri 67, North Kivu 16) and 40 new confirmed deaths (Ituri 31, North Kivu 9), but the cumulative totals moved only 77 and 37, because a harmonisation between Haut-Uele province and the Nia-Nia health zone in Ituri removed a double count and revised Haut-Uele down from 22 cases and 13 deaths to 16 and 10. Associated Press reported the net 37. EbolaIntel had flagged the Haut-Uele figures as provisional when they rose on 17 July, because that report marked the province as under revision; the revision went downwards. The province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 2,090 / 776, North Kivu 230 / 139, South Kivu 3 / 1, Haut-Uele 16 / 10, Tshopo 5 / 4, with health zones unchanged at 46 of 140 and 45 in active transmission. Nizi was the single largest source of new confirmations with 30 of the 83, ahead of Bunia on 15 and Rwampara on 10. Of the 40 deaths recorded that day, 30 were community deaths confirmed by post-mortem swab and 10 occurred inside treatment centres. Contact follow-up improved to 85.8% nationally, 10,517 of 12,251 seen, still below the 95% operational threshold. Health-worker infections held flat at 119 with 36 deaths. North Kivu remains over its bed capacity at 123.1%. Uganda holds at 20 / 2 on day four of its 42-day countdown, which ends on 27 August if no new case is reported, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 2,364 cases and 932 deaths, a confirmed case-fatality rate near 39%. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-21", "cases": 2443, "deaths": 969, "source": "DRC INSP/COUSP situation report SitRep N°066/MVB (reporting date 19 July, publication date 20 July), corroborated by the ECDC outbreak page (updated 21 July 17:00) and Xinhua (21 July); Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 21 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "SitRep N°066/MVB lifts DRC to 2,423 confirmed cases and 967 confirmed deaths (data as of 19 July), up from 2,344 / 930, with 734 patients in isolation, 469 recovered and an apparent case-fatality rate of 39.9%. The arithmetic is clean this cycle: 79 new confirmed cases and 37 new confirmed deaths in 24 hours, and the cumulative totals move by exactly 79 and 37, with no reclassification behind them, unlike the Haut-Uele harmonisation that complicated the previous cut. Ituri accounts for 70 of the 79 new cases and 35 of the 37 new deaths. The province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 2,160 / 811 from 28 of 36 health zones, North Kivu 239 / 141 from 11 of 34, Haut-Uele 16 / 10 from four of 13, Tshopo 5 / 4 from three of 23, South Kivu 3 / 1 from one of 34. The national health-zone count rises from 46 of 140 to 47, with the new zone inside Ituri, the first geographic movement after several cycles of pure intensification. Ituri now holds 89.1% of confirmed cases and 83.9% of deaths at a 37.5% case-fatality ratio; North Kivu runs at 59.0% and its treatment structures are over capacity at 128.4%, 181 patients against 141 beds, up from 123.1% a day earlier. Contact follow-up fell nationally from 85.8% to 81.1% in one cycle, reversing the previous day improvement and extending the Ituri drop the response had already flagged for investigation. ECDC updated at 17:00 on 21 July with the identical figures and split, and Xinhua carried the national report the same day, so the cut is corroborated. WHO has not moved: DON613 remains its latest Disease Outbreak News at 2,124 / 828 as of 15 July, six days behind. Uganda holds at 20 / 2 on day five of its 42-day countdown, which ends on 27 August if no new case is reported, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline rises to 2,443 cases and 969 deaths, a confirmed case-fatality rate near 40%. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-22", "cases": 2493, "deaths": 1001, "source": "DRC INSP/COUSP situation report SitRep N°067/MVB (reporting date 20 July, publication date 21 July), cited by the English Wikipedia outbreak article with the primary INSP link; Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 22 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/sitrep-n067-mvb_20-07-2026/", "note": "Combined death toll passes 1,000. SitRep N°067/MVB lifts DRC to 2,473 confirmed cases and 999 confirmed deaths (data as of 20 July), up from 2,423 / 967, with 501 recovered and an apparent case-fatality rate of 40.4%. DRC alone is one death short of 1,000; adding Uganda's 20 / 2 takes the combined headline to 2,493 / 1,001, the first time the outbreak's total toll crosses 1,000. The arithmetic is clean: 50 new confirmed cases and 32 new confirmed deaths in 24 hours, and the cumulative totals move by exactly 50 and 32, with no reclassification behind them. Ituri accounts for 42 of the 50 new cases and 27 of the 32 new deaths, North Kivu for the remaining 8 and 5; the three smaller provinces did not move. The province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 2,202 / 838, North Kivu 247 / 146, Haut-Uele 16 / 10, Tshopo 5 / 4, South Kivu 3 / 1, with health zones unchanged at 47 of 140 and Ituri at 28 of 36, so there was no new geography this cycle. Ituri now holds 89.0% of confirmed cases and 83.9% of deaths at a 38.1% case-fatality ratio; North Kivu runs at 59.1%. Unlike the previous six cuts, this one rests on DRC national reporting alone at the time of writing: ECDC was still on 2,423 / 967 as of its 21 July 17:00 update, and the news wires had not yet caught up, so the figure carries the INSP situation-report citation as relayed by the English Wikipedia outbreak article, which links the primary source, rather than a second independent source. WHO has not moved: DON613 remains its latest Disease Outbreak News at 2,124 / 828 as of 15 July, seven days behind. Uganda holds at 20 / 2 on day six of its 42-day countdown, which ends on 27 August if no new case is reported. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline; a tally that folds it in reaches 2,494." }, { "date": "2026-07-23", "cases": 2556, "deaths": 1035, "source": "DRC INSP/COUSP situation report SitRep N°068/MVB (reporting date 21 July, publication date 22 July), relayed by the English Wikipedia outbreak article with the primary INSP link and corroborated in magnitude by Africa CDC (Jean Kaseya, Accra health summit, 22 July); Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 23 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/sitrep-n068-mvb_21-07-2026/", "note": "DRC alone passes 1,000 confirmed deaths. SitRep N°068/MVB lifts DRC to 2,536 confirmed cases and 1,033 confirmed deaths (data as of 21 July), up from 2,473 / 999, with 506 recovered and an apparent case-fatality rate of 40.7%. The arithmetic is clean: 63 new confirmed cases and 34 new confirmed deaths in 24 hours, and the cumulative totals move by exactly 63 and 34, with no reclassification behind them. Ituri accounts for 46 of the new cases and 26 of the new deaths, North Kivu for 12 and 6, and Haut-Uele for 5 and 2; Tshopo and South Kivu did not move. The province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 2,248 / 864, North Kivu 259 / 152, Haut-Uele 21 / 12, Tshopo 5 / 4, South Kivu 3 / 1. Haut-Uele moved for the first time since the 19 July Nia-Nia harmonisation that had frozen it at 16 / 10. Adding Uganda's unchanged 20 / 2 takes the combined DRC-plus-Uganda headline to 2,556 / 1,035. Like the previous cut, this figure rests on DRC national reporting at the time of writing: ECDC was still on 2,473 / 999 as of its 22 July 16:50 update, so the number carries the INSP situation-report citation relayed by the English Wikipedia outbreak article, which links the primary source. Africa CDC director general Jean Kaseya gave a death count of 1,031 at a health summit in Ghana on 22 July, two short of the situation report, corroborating the magnitude, and news outlets marked the toll passing 1,000 as the fastest of any Ebola outbreak on record. WHO has not moved: DON613 remains its latest Disease Outbreak News at 2,124 / 828 as of 15 July, six days behind. Uganda holds at 20 / 2 on day seven of its 42-day countdown, which ends on 27 August if no new case is reported. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline; a tally that folds it in reaches 2,557." }, { "date": "2026-07-24", "cases": 2925, "deaths": 1271, "source": "DRC INSP/COUSP situation report SitRep N°069/MVB (data as of 22 July), relayed by the ECDC outbreak page (data up until 22 July, reported 23 July) and by the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror; Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 26 July 2026 catch-up review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Large reclassification cut, added retrospectively in the 26 July catch-up so the series does not read as a single leap. SitRep N°069/MVB lifts DRC to 2,905 confirmed cases and 1,269 confirmed deaths (data as of 22 July), up from the 2,536 / 1,033 of SitRep 068 a day earlier: a one-cut jump of 369 confirmed cases and 236 confirmed deaths, far above the outbreak's recent cadence of 50 to 80 cases and 30 to 40 deaths a day. The step is a backlog reclassification, suspected cases and community deaths confirmed and folded into the cumulative totals, rather than a single day of transmission. It is corroborated independently: ECDC relays SitRep N°069/MVB at 2,905 / 1,269 as of 22 July with a five-province split that reconciles exactly (Ituri 2,595 / 1,077, North Kivu 275 / 172, Haut-Uele 27 / 15, Tshopo 5 / 4, South Kivu 3 / 1) and reads contact follow-up at 74.5% across Ituri, North Kivu and Tshopo, with 519 recovered and 47 of 140 health zones affected; the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror carries the identical 2,905 / 1,269 for 22 July. Uganda holds at 20 / 2, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline for this cut is 2,925 cases and 1,271 deaths, a confirmed case-fatality rate near 43%. WHO has not moved: DON613 remains its latest Disease Outbreak News at 2,124 / 828 as of 15 July. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-25", "cases": 2993, "deaths": 1311, "source": "DRC INSP/COUSP situation report SitRep N°070/MVB (data as of 23 July), verified against the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror raw situation-report CSVs; Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 26 July 2026 catch-up review", "sourceUrl": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/INRB-UMIE/Ebola_DRC_2026/main/data/insp_sitrep/processed/insp_sitrep__national_cumulative_confirmed_cases__daily.csv", "note": "Intermediate cut, added retrospectively in the 26 July catch-up. SitRep N°070/MVB puts DRC at 2,973 confirmed cases and 1,309 confirmed deaths (data as of 23 July), up from 2,905 / 1,269, a return to normal cadence of 68 new confirmed cases and 40 new confirmed deaths after the previous cut's reclassification jump. The figures are verified directly against the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror of the situation-report series, whose national cumulative confirmed-case and confirmed-death CSVs carry 2,973 and 1,309 for 23 July. Uganda holds at 20 / 2, so the DRC-plus-Uganda headline for this cut is 2,993 cases and 1,311 deaths, a confirmed case-fatality rate near 44%. No province-level split of this specific cut was separately relayed by ECDC or the wires at the time of writing; ECDC was still carrying SitRep 069 (2,905 / 1,269). France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-26", "cases": 3095, "deaths": 1356, "source": "DRC INSP/COUSP situation report SitRep N°071/MVB (data as of 24 July), relayed by the English Wikipedia outbreak article with the primary INSP link and corroborated by Al Jazeera (25 July); Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 26 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/25/ebola-deaths-in-drc-surge-past-1300-as-virus-spreading-like-a-wildfire", "note": "DRC passes 3,000 confirmed cases and the combined toll passes 1,350 deaths. SitRep N°071/MVB lifts DRC to 3,075 confirmed cases and 1,354 confirmed deaths (data as of 24 July), up from 2,973 / 1,309, with 575 recovered and an apparent case-fatality rate of 44.0%. The five-province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 2,733 / 1,142, North Kivu 299 / 188, Haut-Uele 35 / 19, Tshopo 5 / 4, South Kivu 3 / 1. North Kivu now runs at a 62.9% case-fatality ratio, the most lethal of the two large clusters and still worsening; Haut-Uele nearly doubled to 35 / 19. Adding Uganda's unchanged 20 / 2 takes the combined DRC-plus-Uganda headline to 3,095 cases and 1,356 deaths, a crude case-fatality rate near 44%, up from about 40% a week ago because the reclassification folded in proportionally more deaths than cases. This cut rests on DRC national reporting relayed by the English Wikipedia outbreak article, which links the primary INSP page, and is corroborated by an Al Jazeera report of 25 July that carries the toll surging above 1,354 and confirmed cases climbing to 3,075, with a public-health consultant describing the virus as spreading like a wildfire; the INRB-UMIE GitHub CSV and ECDC still lagged one to two cuts behind. The English Wikipedia infobox states the combined total as 3,096, one case above our arithmetic sum of DRC's 3,075 and Uganda's 20, an unexplained one-case difference we note rather than adopt. WHO has not moved: DON613 remains its latest Disease Outbreak News at 2,124 / 828 as of 15 July, nine days behind. Uganda holds at 20 / 2 on day ten of its 42-day countdown, which ends on 27 August if no new case is reported. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline; a tally that folds it in runs one higher." }, { "date": "2026-07-27", "cases": 3220, "deaths": 1407, "source": "DRC INSP/COUSP situation report SitRep N°072/MVB (data as of 25 July, published 26 July), relayed by the English Wikipedia outbreak article with the primary INSP link and corroborated by Reuters (26 July), Al Jazeera (27 July) and Bloomberg (27 July); Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 27 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/27/ebola-infections-in-dr-congo-surge-to-3200-with-1405-deaths", "note": "SitRep N°072/MVB lifts DRC to 3,200 confirmed cases and 1,405 confirmed deaths (data as of 25 July), up from 3,075 / 1,354, an ordinary single-day rise of 125 confirmed cases and 51 confirmed deaths rather than another backlog reclassification like the 22 July cut. The five-province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 2,848 / 1,184 (a 41.6% case-fatality ratio and about 89% of confirmed cases, having taken 115 of the 125 new cases), North Kivu 306 / 196 (64.1%, the most lethal of the two large clusters and still worsening), Haut-Uele 38 / 20, Tshopo 5 / 4, South Kivu 3 / 1. There was no new affected province and the last authoritative health-zone count holds at 47 of 140. The figure is well corroborated: Reuters (reported 26 July), Al Jazeera (27 July) and Bloomberg (27 July) all carry 3,200 / 1,405, and the English Wikipedia outbreak article relays SitRep N°072/MVB with a province split that reconciles, while the two structured mirrors both lag, the INRB-UMIE GitHub CSV at SitRep N°070/MVB (2,973 / 1,309, 23 July) and ECDC at SitRep N°069/MVB (2,905 / 1,269, 22 July). Bloomberg reported that, after about 856 new confirmed infections in the past week, the outbreak is within days of overtaking the 2018-2020 North Kivu epidemic to become the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record. WHO has still not moved: DON613 remains its latest Disease Outbreak News at 2,124 / 828 as of 15 July, now twelve days behind. Adding Uganda's unchanged 20 / 2 takes the combined DRC-plus-Uganda headline to 3,220 cases and 1,407 deaths, a crude case-fatality rate near 44%. Uganda is on day eleven of its 42-day countdown, which ends on 27 August if no new case is reported. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-28", "cases": 3282, "deaths": 1439, "source": "DRC INSP/COUSP situation report SitRep N°073/MVB (data as of 26 July, published 28 July), verified against the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror raw situation-report CSVs and relayed by the English Wikipedia outbreak article; Uganda Ministry of Health dashboard, 28 July 2026 review", "sourceUrl": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/INRB-UMIE/Ebola_DRC_2026/main/data/insp_sitrep/processed/insp_sitrep__national_cumulative_confirmed_cases__daily.csv", "note": "SitRep N°073/MVB lifts DRC to 3,262 confirmed cases and 1,437 confirmed deaths (data as of 26 July), up from 3,200 / 1,405, an ordinary single-day rise of 62 confirmed cases and 32 confirmed deaths rather than a backlog reclassification like the 22 July cut. The INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror, which had trailed the primary for several cuts, has now caught up and carries 3,262 / 1,437 for 26 July; the English Wikipedia outbreak article relays the same national total with a province split reading Ituri 2,901 / 1,207 (41.6%, about 89% of cases), North Kivu 314 / 204 (65.0%, the most lethal of the two large clusters and still worsening), Haut-Uele 38 / 21 (55.3%), Tshopo 5 / 4, South Kivu 3 / 1. The death column reconciles exactly to 1,437, while the case column sums to 3,261, one below the stated 3,262, a one-case difference we note rather than adopt. There was no new affected province, the last authoritative health-zone count holds at 47 of 140, and contact-tracing follow-up recovered to 77.8% on ECDC's now-current SitRep N°072/MVB relay, up from the 74.5% low it had carried on the SitRep N°069/MVB relay. ECDC has advanced one step to SitRep N°072/MVB (3,200 / 1,405, updated 27 July) and now trails by one cut. WHO has still not moved: DON613 remains its latest Disease Outbreak News at 2,124 / 828 as of 15 July, now thirteen days behind. Adding Uganda's unchanged 20 / 2 takes the combined DRC-plus-Uganda headline to 3,282 cases and 1,439 deaths, a crude case-fatality rate near 44%. Uganda is on day twelve of its 42-day countdown, which ends on 27 August if no new case is reported. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline; the Wikipedia infobox total of 3,283 folds it in." }, { "date": "2026-07-30", "cases": 3380, "deaths": 1489, "source": "DRC INSP/COUSP situation report SitRep N°074/MVB (data as of 27 July, published 29 July), relayed by ECDC (updated 29 July) and the English Wikipedia outbreak article and corroborated by the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror; Uganda Ministry of Health declaration of the end of the outbreak, 28 July 2026", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "SitRep N°074/MVB lifts DRC to 3,360 confirmed cases and 1,487 confirmed deaths (data as of 27 July), up from 3,262 / 1,437, a rise of 98 confirmed cases and 50 confirmed deaths: a heavier ordinary day rather than a backlog reclassification like the 22 July cut. Both structured mirrors now track the primary: ECDC's outbreak page, updated 29 July, carries 3,360 / 1,487 as of 27 July, and the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror has advanced to SitRep 74. The five-province split reconciles exactly in both columns this cut, closing the one-case gap carried in SitRep N°073: Ituri 2,988 / 1,238 (41.4%, about 89% of cases, having taken 87 of the 98 new cases and 31 of the 50 new deaths), North Kivu 325 / 223, Haut-Uele 39 / 21 (53.8%), Tshopo 5 / 4, South Kivu 3 / 1. North Kivu added 11 cases but 19 deaths and its case-fatality ratio jumped from 65.0% to 68.6%, by far the most lethal of the two large clusters and worsening faster than Ituri's. There was no new affected province and the health-zone count holds at 48 of 140, with Ituri 28 of 36, North Kivu 11 of 34, Haut-Uele five of 13, Tshopo three of 23 and South Kivu one of 34. Contact-tracing follow-up edged up for a third consecutive cut to 78.9%, from 78.2%, with 597 recovered and 733 hospitalised in isolation. On a like-for-like confirmed-case comparison the outbreak has now passed the 2018-2020 Kivu epidemic: WHO's final account of Kivu is 3,481 cases made up of 3,323 confirmed and 158 probable, so DRC's 3,360 confirmed now stands about 37 above Kivu's confirmed count, making this the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record on that reading, while against the 3,470 to 3,481 total that folds in probable cases it remains roughly 110 to 120 short. Uganda declared its outbreak over on 28 July 2026 with a final 20 confirmed cases, 18 recoveries and 2 deaths; its Ministry of Health counted 42 days from the discharge of the last Ugandan national on 16 June, where WHO Africa Region had set day zero at 16 July and a clock running to 27 August, and WHO has published no concurrence. Uganda's 20 / 2 stay in the cumulative headline, taking the combined DRC-plus-Uganda total to 3,380 cases and 1,489 deaths at a crude case-fatality rate near 44%. WHO stays split across its products: AFRO weekly external report number 11 (data to 26 July) carries the 3,200 / 1,405 cut, while DON613 remains its latest Disease Outbreak News at 2,124 / 828 as of 15 July, now fifteen days behind. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-07-31", "cases": 3462, "deaths": 1523, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health update published 30 July 2026 with data as of 28 July, reported by the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and ABC News; on the situation-report numbering this is SitRep N°075/MVB, a number we infer rather than sighted because insp.cd blocks automated requests and no structured mirror has relayed the report; Uganda Ministry of Health final count following its 28 July declaration that the outbreak is over", "sourceUrl": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/30/congos-ebola-death-toll-passes-1500-as-it-struggles-to-halt-spread", "note": "The DRC health ministry update published 30 July lifts DRC to 3,442 confirmed cases and 1,521 confirmed deaths (data as of 28 July), up from 3,360 / 1,487, a rise of 82 confirmed cases and 34 confirmed deaths: a lighter day than the 98 / 50 of SitRep N°074/MVB and an ordinary day rather than a backlog reclassification like the 22 July cut, though Africa CDC cautions that part of the recent rise still reflects cases and deaths only now being confirmed or recorded. This is the first cut in a week that we carry on wire reporting alone. The reporting lag has reopened by one step: ECDC (last updated 29 July), the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror and the English Wikipedia outbreak article all still stand at SitRep N°074/MVB, 3,360 / 1,487 as of 27 July, so no province-level split has been published for this cut and the most recent published split remains the SitRep N°074 one that reconciled exactly: Ituri 2,988 / 1,238 (41.4%), North Kivu 325 / 223 (68.6%), Haut-Uele 39 / 21, Tshopo 5 / 4, South Kivu 3 / 1, across 48 of 140 health zones. Operationally the cut is worse than the headline delta suggests: contact-tracing follow-up slipped to 78.3% from 78.9%, ending three consecutive cuts of improvement and staying well below the 95% threshold, while the number hospitalised or in isolation rose from 733 to 797. Africa CDC director general Jean Kaseya said 63% of confirmed deaths over the preceding two weeks occurred outside treatment centres, which he attributed largely to unsafe handling of bodies. On the second-largest question the picture has moved decisively: DRC's 3,442 confirmed now stands about 119 above the 3,323 confirmed cases in WHO's final account of the 2018-2020 Kivu epidemic, so on a confirmed-against-confirmed reading this is comfortably the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record, while against the 3,470 to 3,481 total that folds in probable cases DRC alone is 28 to 39 short and the combined DRC-plus-Uganda headline of 3,462 is 8 to 19 short, a margin the next cut will most likely close. On deaths the gap is still wide, 1,523 against Kivu's 2,299. AP noted the death toll has risen by about half in roughly a week. Uganda's final 20 / 2 stay in the cumulative headline after its 28 July declaration that the outbreak is over, taking the combined total to 3,462 cases and 1,523 deaths at a crude case-fatality rate near 44%. WHO stays split across its products: AFRO weekly external report number 11 (data to 26 July) carries the 3,200 / 1,405 cut, while DON613 remains its latest Disease Outbreak News at 2,124 / 828 as of 15 July, now sixteen days and more than 1,300 cases behind. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-08-01", "cases": 3625, "deaths": 1589, "source": "WHO Disease Outbreak News 614, published 1 August 2026 with data as of 30 July, giving DRC 3,605 confirmed cases and 1,587 deaths; supersedes the DRC point de situation of 31 July relayed by Al Jazeera, CNN and Agence France-Presse, which gave 3,532 / 1,556 for the same cut; Uganda Ministry of Health final count following its 28 July declaration that the outbreak is over", "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON614", "note": "REVISED 2 August 2026. This point was first published at 3,552 / 1,558 on the DRC point de situation of 31 July relayed by Al Jazeera, CNN and Agence France-Presse. WHO Disease Outbreak News 614, published 1 August, gives DRC 3,605 confirmed cases and 1,587 deaths for the same 30 July cut, 73 cases and 31 deaths above the relay, and corroborates the higher figure the English Wikipedia infobox had carried from the DRC communications ministry channel and which we declined to adopt for want of a second source. The point has been revised to 3,625 / 1,589 including Uganda's final 20 / 2. DON614 also reports 651 recoveries in DRC and 18 in Uganda as of 30 July, and counts 3,626 cases in total once the imported France case is folded in, with 1,589 deaths. The original note follows. The DRC point de situation published 31 July lifts DRC to 3,532 confirmed cases and 1,556 confirmed deaths (data as of 30 July), up from 3,442 / 1,521, a rise of 90 confirmed cases and 35 confirmed deaths spanning two days of data: an ordinary movement rather than a backlog reclassification like the 22 July cut, though Africa CDC continues to caution that part of the recent rise reflects cases and deaths only now being confirmed or recorded. Alongside the headline the ministry reports 807 people hospitalised or in isolation, up from 797, and 626 recovered, up from 597 at SitRep N°074/MVB. The second-largest question is now settled on every reading and the qualification we carried for a week is retired: DRC's 3,532 confirmed clears the 3,323 confirmed cases in WHO's final account of the 2018-2020 Kivu epidemic by about 209, and it also clears the 3,470 to 3,481 total that folds in probable cases by roughly 51 to 62, with the combined DRC-plus-Uganda headline of 3,552 clearing it by 71 to 82. Al Jazeera, CNN, the Associated Press and TRT World all declared the outbreak the world's second largest on 31 July. Kivu took close to two years to reach that total; this outbreak has passed it in roughly two and a half months. On deaths the gap remains wide, 1,558 against Kivu's 2,299, and the crude case-fatality ratio near 44% is below Kivu's 66%. WHO is no longer uniformly behind: the figure it published on 31 July matches our combined total exactly on deaths and to within one case, so its alert-and-response channel has caught up even though both its named products lag, with AFRO weekly external report number 11 (data to 26 July) still on the 3,200 / 1,405 cut and DON613 still the latest Disease Outbreak News at 2,124 / 828 as of 15 July, now seventeen days and more than 1,400 cases behind. The structured mirrors have fallen further back: ECDC (updated 31 July) has advanced only to the 28 July cut and says its next update is due 3 August, while the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror has not moved since 29 July and still stands at SitRep N°074/MVB, so no province-level split exists for this cut and the most recent published split remains Ituri 2,988 / 1,238, North Kivu 325 / 223, Haut-Uele 39 / 21, Tshopo 5 / 4, South Kivu 3 / 1. The health-zone count has ticked up to 49 of 140 from 48, though which province gained the zone has not been published. Contact-tracing follow-up holds at 78.3%, but the binding constraint is the figure behind it: roughly four in five new confirmed cases have no traceable link to any contact list, unchanged from the 80% Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu described on 14 July, which is why officials cannot say whether the outbreak has peaked. Africa CDC assessed the epidemic as still uncontrolled on 31 July. The UN World Food Programme's Carl Skau called it the fastest spreading Ebola epidemic ever seen, and Caritas in Bunia described the disease as having settled into the community. Staff at Bunia General Hospital and the Rwampara treatment centre were reported still on strike over unpaid wages, a dispute now in its third week. One relay runs ahead of the figure we carry: the English Wikipedia infobox, citing the DRC communications ministry channel and accessed 1 August, shows DRC at 3,605 / 1,587 with 651 recovered, but no second source corroborates it, its own article body and province table remain at SitRep N°074/MVB, and its country rows and total row disagree by one case, so we leave it out of the headline. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-08-02", "cases": 3694, "deaths": 1623, "source": "INSP situation report N°078/MVE B published 2 August 2026 with data as of 31 July, relayed by the English Wikipedia outbreak article; WHO Disease Outbreak News 614 of 1 August for the 30 July cut, the health-zone split, contact tracing and health-worker figures; Uganda Ministry of Health final count following its 28 July declaration that the outbreak is over", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/sitrep-n078-mve-b_31-07-2026/", "note": "SitRep N°078/MVE B lifts DRC to 3,674 confirmed cases and 1,621 confirmed deaths (data as of 31 July), and the province split reconciles exactly in both columns: Ituri 3,229 / 1,336, North Kivu 378 / 251, Haut-Uele 57 / 28, Tshopo 7 / 5, South Kivu 3 / 1. Adding Uganda's final 20 / 2 takes the combined headline to 3,694 cases and 1,623 deaths at a crude case-fatality rate of 43.9%. The apparent rise of 142 cases and 65 deaths on our previous headline is not one day of transmission: the 30 July point in this series has been revised upward by 73 cases and 31 deaths to match WHO DON614, so the real 30 to 31 July movement is 69 confirmed cases and 34 confirmed deaths, an ordinary day. WHO's Disease Outbreak News unfroze on 1 August after fifteen days: DON614 is the first since DON613 of 17 July, closing a gap in which WHO's flagship product had fallen 1,481 cases behind national reporting, and it declares this the largest recorded Ebola outbreak in DRC, surpassing the 2018-2020 Kivu epidemic which it puts at 3,317 confirmed cases. DON614 supplies detail national reporting does not: epidemiological week 30, the week to 26 July, was the worst of the outbreak with 567 confirmed cases and 296 deaths, the highest weekly totals so far; health-worker infections reached 151 with 44 deaths (29% CFR) and 68 recoveries, up from 119 / 36 / 61 at DON613; 17,863 contacts had been identified as of 30 July against 12,693 a fortnight earlier, of which 13,455 were under active follow-up, a national rate of 75.3% below the 78.3% the ministry publishes, with province rates of 75.5% in Ituri, 74.6% in North Kivu, 80.6% in Haut-Uele and 66.2% in Tshopo. The health-zone count holds at 49 of 140 and WHO has published the split that was missing yesterday, answering which province gained the 49th zone: Ituri 28 of 36, North Kivu 11 of 34, Haut-Uele five of 13, Tshopo four of 23 (up from three) and South Kivu one of 34. DON614 records Uganda's 28 July end-of-outbreak declaration after 42 days without a new confirmed locally transmitted case, resolving the discrepancy with the 27 August clock WHO Africa Region had been running, and assesses the risk as very high in DRC, high in Uganda and neighbouring countries, and low globally. North Kivu's case-fatality ratio fell for the first time in weeks, from 68.6% to 66.4%, as cases grew faster than deaths. The other trackers lag: ECDC (updated 31 July) still carries the 28 July cut of 3,442 / 1,521 with its next update due 3 August, the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror reached SitRep 77 on 1 August but not 78, and WHO's weekly external report number 11 stays on the 3,200 / 1,405 cut to 26 July. Roughly four in five new confirmed cases still have no traceable link to any contact list. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline; the Wikipedia infobox total of 3,695 / 1,623 with 685 recovered folds it in." }, { "date": "2026-08-03", "cases": 3768, "deaths": 1659, "source": "INSP situation report N°079/MVE B (data as of 1 August 2026), relayed by the English Wikipedia outbreak article; WHO Disease Outbreak News 614 of 1 August for the health-zone split, contact tracing, health-worker and weekly-incidence figures; Africa CDC briefing of 30 July reported by CIDRAP; Uganda Ministry of Health final count following its 28 July declaration that the outbreak is over", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Central_Africa_Ebola_epidemic", "note": "SitRep N°079/MVE B lifts DRC to 3,748 confirmed cases and 1,657 confirmed deaths (data as of 1 August), up from 3,674 / 1,621, a rise of 74 confirmed cases and 36 confirmed deaths: an ordinary day, close to the 69 / 34 recorded for 31 July, and not a backlog reclassification like the 22 July cut. Adding Uganda's final 20 / 2 takes the combined headline to 3,768 cases and 1,659 deaths at a crude case-fatality rate of 44.0%. The province split reconciles exactly in both columns: Ituri 3,278 / 1,359, North Kivu 400 / 262, Haut-Uele 60 / 30, Tshopo 7 / 5, South Kivu 3 / 1. The relay is single-source, the English Wikipedia article citing the situation report directly, because insp.cd continues to block automated requests and the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror reached only SitRep 78 on 2 August. We adopted it because it is internally consistent where the 1 August relay we declined was not: the province rows sum to the stated DRC total in both columns, and the infobox total of 3,769 / 1,659 with 727 recovered reconciles exactly as DRC plus Uganda's 20 / 2 plus the single imported France case. The distribution of the new cases is the notable feature of this cut. Ituri still holds 87.5% of cumulative cases and 82.0% of deaths but took only 49 of the 74 new cases and 23 of the 36 new deaths, while North Kivu, holding 10.7% of cumulative cases, took 22 and 11, close to three times its standing share on both counts. It is the second published split running in which North Kivu outgrows its share, though the previous one spanned four days rather than one, so a southward shift in the epidemic's centre of gravity is a provisional reading rather than an established trend. North Kivu crossed 400 confirmed cases and its case-fatality ratio fell for a third consecutive reading, 68.6% to 66.4% to 65.5%, as cases grew faster there than deaths; it remains the more lethal of the two large clusters. Ituri held almost flat at 41.5%, Haut-Uele reached exactly 50.0% at 60 / 30, and Tshopo and South Kivu both stood still, the first cut in this series in which neither of the two smallest provinces moved. The health-zone count holds at 49 of 140. No new operational figures were published with this cut, so contact-tracing follow-up stands where the 30 July cut left it, 78.3% on the ministry's reading and 75.3% on WHO's, both far below the 95% threshold, with 807 hospitalised or in isolation and health-worker infections at 151 with 44 deaths. Reporting by CIDRAP of the Africa CDC briefing of 30 July adds two measures: the case count is running at about seven times what the 2013-2016 West Africa epidemic had recorded at the equivalent point, and national test positivity is above 40%, a rate that indicates under-testing rather than a well-characterised epidemic. Jean Kaseya said he would travel to Bunia the following week. The trackers lag: WHO's Disease Outbreak News stands at DON614 with the 30 July cut, two days behind; its weekly external report number 11 is still on the 26 July cut of 3,200 / 1,405, six days stale with number 12 due Tuesday 4 August; ECDC still carries the 28 July cut of 3,442 / 1,521, three cuts and 306 cases behind, and the update it had scheduled for 3 August had not appeared when we checked. Both rankings are now settled and carry WHO's own authority: this is the largest Ebola outbreak recorded in DRC and the second largest anywhere, clearing the 2018-2020 Kivu epidemic by 425 to 431 on confirmed cases and by 267 to 278 against the total that folds in probable cases. On deaths the gap is 640, 1,659 against Kivu's 2,299, and this outbreak has been adding 34 to 50 a day. Roughly four in five new confirmed cases still have no traceable link to any contact list. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-08-04", "cases": 3822, "deaths": 1709, "source": "INSP situation report N°080/MVE B (data as of 2 August 2026, published 3 August), relayed by both English Wikipedia outbreak articles, which agree; ECDC outbreak page updated 3 August for contact tracing and isolation figures; WHO Disease Outbreak News 614 of 1 August for health-worker and weekly-incidence figures; Uganda Ministry of Health final count following its 28 July declaration that the outbreak is over", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Central_Africa_Ebola_epidemic", "note": "SitRep N°080/MVE B lifts DRC to 3,802 confirmed cases and 1,707 confirmed deaths (data as of 2 August), up from 3,748 / 1,657, a movement of 54 confirmed cases and 50 confirmed deaths in a single day. Adding Uganda's final 20 / 2 takes the combined headline to 3,822 cases and 1,709 deaths at a crude case-fatality rate of 44.7%. The near-parity of the two deltas is the feature of this cut: the two preceding one-day movements each ran at roughly half a death per new case (74 / 36 on 1 August, 69 / 34 on 31 July) and this one runs at 0.93. A day in which death registration catches up on cases confirmed earlier would look identical from outside, so we flag the ratio rather than interpret it and expect the next cut to settle it. The province split reconciles exactly in both columns: Ituri 3,317 / 1,382, North Kivu 414 / 285, Haut-Uele 61 / 34, Tshopo 7 / 5, South Kivu 3 / 1. Where the deaths landed is the striking part. North Kivu took 23 of the 50 new deaths, exactly as many as Ituri, a province holding eight times its caseload, while taking only 14 of the 54 new cases; it holds 10.9% of cumulative confirmed cases and just took 46% of a day's deaths. That reverses the trend we reported yesterday: North Kivu's case-fatality ratio had fallen across three consecutive cuts, 68.6% to 66.4% to 65.5%, and has snapped back to 68.8%, its highest reading of the outbreak. We are keeping the two columns apart rather than merging them: yesterday North Kivu was outgrowing its share on cases, and on this cut its case share fell back to roughly its cumulative share while its death share went to nearly half. Ituri was almost flat at 41.7% and still holds 87.2% of cases and 80.9% of deaths. Haut-Uele added one case and four deaths, lifting its ratio from exactly 50.0% to 55.7%, on numbers small enough that one bad day moves it several points. Tshopo and South Kivu were flat for a second consecutive cut. The health-zone count has moved twice in two days, from 49 at the 30 July cut to 50 at ECDC's 1 August reading to 51 as of 2 August: Ituri 28 of 36, North Kivu 12 of 34, Haut-Uele 5 of 13, Tshopo 5 of 23, South Kivu 1 of 34. Tshopo is the one to watch, now reporting five affected health zones on seven cumulative confirmed cases, dispersion without density and the pattern that preceded North Kivu becoming a second front. ECDC, updated 3 August, has advanced three cuts to the 1 August figures and adds two operational numbers: contact-tracing follow-up at 80.1%, crossing 80% for the first time and up from 78.3%, and 690 people hospitalised in isolation, down sharply from 807, a fall no source has yet explained. The follow-up rate and the four-in-five-unlinked figure are not contradictory once the denominator is stated: 80.1% is a share of contacts identified, not of contacts existing, and Africa CDC has been quoted putting the latter at under 9%, a figure that reaches us through a politically committed outlet and which we carry as attributed rather than established. The International Rescue Committee's much-quoted 20% contact-tracing figure dates from 1 June and describes the outbreak's second month, not its current state. The trackers otherwise: the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror reached SitRep 79 on 3 August, one behind; WHO's weekly external report number 11 is a week stale on the 26 July cut with number 12 due 4 August and not yet published; DON614 is three cuts behind at 30 July. We have identified ReliefWeb as a host of the INSP situation-report series, which would let us cite the primary document, but it refuses automated requests as insp.cd does. Both rankings remain settled and carry WHO's authority: largest in DRC, second largest anywhere, clearing Kivu by 479 to 485 on confirmed cases. On deaths the gap is 590, 1,709 against Kivu's 2,299, closing at 34 to 50 a day, which brings the last comparison Kivu still leads into range within a fortnight. Africa CDC director general Jean Kaseya said on 1 August that he would travel to Bunia with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on 2 August for a two-day visit; no coverage confirming the visit took place had appeared when we checked. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-08-05", "cases": 3894, "deaths": 1751, "source": "DERIVED, not relayed: ECDC states a movement of 99 confirmed cases and 52 deaths onto the 4 August cut, which fixes the total for 3 August; situation report N°081/MVE B itself has not been seen by EbolaIntel and no relay of it has been located. Uganda Ministry of Health final count following its 28 July declaration that the outbreak is over", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "This point is arithmetic rather than a relay, and it is the only such point in this series. ECDC's update for the 4 August cut states a movement of 99 confirmed cases and 52 confirmed deaths since the previous report, which fixes the preceding total at DRC 3,874 confirmed cases and 1,749 confirmed deaths as of 3 August. Adding Uganda's final 20 / 2 takes the combined headline to 3,894 cases and 1,751 deaths at a crude case-fatality rate of 45.0%. EbolaIntel has not seen situation report N°081/MVE B and has found no relay of it, so this point is published as derived and will be corrected if the report surfaces and disagrees. The movement off the 2 August cut of 3,802 / 1,707 is 72 confirmed cases and 42 confirmed deaths, a ratio of 0.58 deaths per new case, which already begins to unwind the 0.93 recorded on the 2 August cut. No province split, contact-tracing figure or isolation census is available for this cut. EbolaIntel did not publish on this date; the point is backfilled on 7 August." }, { "date": "2026-08-06", "cases": 3993, "deaths": 1803, "source": "INSP situation report N°082/MVE B (data as of 4 August 2026, published 5 August), relayed by the English Wikipedia outbreak articles and by ECDC; Africa CDC and WHO joint statement of 6 August for recoveries, health zones and contact tracing; Uganda Ministry of Health final count following its 28 July declaration that the outbreak is over", "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/news/item/06-08-2026-africa-cdc-and-who-call-for-urgent--community-led-action-to-contain-ebola-in-the-drc", "note": "Situation report N°082/MVE B lifts DRC to 3,973 confirmed cases and 1,801 confirmed deaths (data as of 4 August), up from the derived 3,874 / 1,749, a movement of 99 confirmed cases and 52 confirmed deaths. Adding Uganda's final 20 / 2 takes the combined headline to 3,993 cases and 1,803 deaths at a crude case-fatality rate of 45.2%. The province split reconciles exactly in both columns: Ituri 3,460 / 1,464, North Kivu 436 / 292, Haut-Uele 67 / 39, Tshopo 7 / 5, South Kivu 3 / 1. The 99 new cases fell as Ituri 85, North Kivu 10 and Haut-Uele 4. This is the cut that settles the question the 2 August cut raised. North Kivu had taken 23 of that day's 50 deaths and its case-fatality ratio had snapped back to 68.8%, and EbolaIntel wrote that a single day of death-registration catch-up would look identical from outside. Across the two cuts to 4 August North Kivu added 22 confirmed cases and only 7 confirmed deaths and its ratio fell back to 67.0%, so the spike was registration rather than a change in transmission. Ituri took 143 of the 171 new cases and 82 of the 93 new deaths over the same two cuts, which also retires the provisional reading of 3 August that the epidemic's centre of gravity might be shifting south into North Kivu. Ituri holds 87.1% of cumulative confirmed cases and 81.3% of deaths, its ratio drifting up from 41.7% to 42.3%. Haut-Uele is now clearly the third province at 67 / 39, a ratio of 58.2%. Tshopo and South Kivu were flat for a fourth consecutive cut. Africa CDC and WHO, calling on 6 August for an urgent scale-up of community-led response after a senior delegation visited the affected provinces, record 776 recoveries and 51 affected health zones across five provinces for this cut, and put contact follow-up at 75% against an operational target of at least 95%. EbolaIntel did not publish on this date; the point is backfilled on 7 August." }, { "date": "2026-08-07", "cases": 4073, "deaths": 1852, "source": "INSP situation report N°083/MVE B (data as of 5 August 2026), relayed by the ECDC outbreak page updated 7 August and by the English Wikipedia outbreak articles, with RNZ citing the DRC public health institute for the 4,000 crossing; ECDC for contact tracing, isolation census and health-zone count; US Department of State release of 5 August for the funding announcement; Uganda Ministry of Health final count following its 28 July declaration that the outbreak is over", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Situation report N°083/MVE B lifts DRC to 4,053 confirmed cases and 1,850 confirmed deaths (data as of 5 August), up from 3,973 / 1,801, a movement of 80 confirmed cases and 49 confirmed deaths. Adding Uganda's final 20 / 2 takes the combined headline to 4,073 cases and 1,852 deaths at a crude case-fatality rate of 45.5%. The outbreak has passed 4,000 confirmed cases. Three cuts have landed since EbolaIntel last published the 2 August figures, a total movement of 251 confirmed cases and 143 confirmed deaths in three days, and the daily ratios of deaths to new cases read 0.58, 0.53 and 0.61, settling back after the 0.93 recorded for 2 August. The case-fatality rate has nonetheless climbed from 44.7% to 45.5% across those three days, as deaths continue to accrue against cases confirmed earlier. No province split has been published for this cut; the most recent is the 4 August one. The one operational number that had been improving has reversed: ECDC puts contact-tracing follow-up at 77.7% of identified contacts, down from the 80.1% it recorded for 1 August, the first reading above 80% in this outbreak. Africa CDC and WHO put it at 75% as of 4 August against a target of at least 95%, and Africa CDC director general Jean Kaseya, speaking to the Associated Press for a STAT News report of 4 August, dropped the hedging: \"Contact tracing is not working.\" He put the share of new cases arising from community spread rather than traced contacts at 60 to 70%. ECDC records 694 people hospitalised in isolation, flat on 690 for 1 August, and 53 of 140 affected health zones, up from 51 as of 2 August, with no split published for the new count. Recoveries reached 793 in DRC. The largest funding movement of the outbreak was announced on 5 August: the US Department of State intends to provide an additional US$242 million for DRC and Uganda, taking total direct State Department assistance past US$512 million and making the United States the largest single contributor, against an Africa CDC estimate that the whole response needs about US$1.4 billion. The International Medical Corps opened a 100-bed treatment centre at the Kigonze displacement camp outside Bunia, reported by UN News on 3 August as the largest in the country. WHO's own products continue to lag: DON614 remains on the 30 July cut and the weekly external situation report is still number 11 with data to 26 July, with number 12 due on 4 August and still not published on 7 August. France remains tracked separately as an imported case, now recovered, outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-08-10", "cases": 4469, "deaths": 2063, "source": "INSP figures as of 10 August 2026, relayed by the ECDC outbreak page update of 12 August; Uganda Ministry of Health final count following its 28 July declaration that the outbreak is over", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "ECDC's update of 12 August carries DRC at 4,449 confirmed cases and 2,061 confirmed deaths as of 10 August, up from 4,053 / 1,850 five days earlier, a movement of 396 confirmed cases and 211 deaths. Adding Uganda's final 20 / 2 takes the combined headline to 4,469 cases and 2,063 deaths at a crude case-fatality rate of 46.2%. ECDC recorded 716 patients in isolation, 82.7% of identified contacts under follow-up, and 53 of 140 health zones affected across the then-five provinces. EbolaIntel did not publish on this date; the point is backfilled on 21 August from the ECDC relay." }, { "date": "2026-08-19", "cases": 5310, "deaths": 2518, "source": "INSP report published by DRC on 20 August 2026, data as of 19 August, relayed by the ECDC outbreak page updated 21 August 14:30; Uganda Ministry of Health final count following its 28 July declaration that the outbreak is over", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "The INSP report published 20 August lifts DRC to 5,290 confirmed cases and 2,516 confirmed deaths (data as of 19 August), an apparent case-fatality rate of 47.6%; adding Uganda's final 20 / 2 takes the combined headline to 5,310 cases and 2,518 deaths at a crude case-fatality rate of 47.4%. The one-day movement is 81 confirmed cases (Ituri 56, North Kivu 18, Haut-Uele 7) and 40 deaths. EbolaIntel published nothing between 7 and 21 August, so fourteen days land together: +1,237 confirmed cases and +666 confirmed deaths since the 5 August cut, with no day-by-day relays captured for the intermediate cuts and therefore no backfilled points between 10 and 19 August. The province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 4,447 / 1,984 (28/36 zones), North Kivu 663 / 452 (12/34), Haut-Uele 160 / 71 (6/13), Tshopo 15 / 7 (7/23), South Kivu 3 / 1 (1/34), Bas-Uele 2 / 1 (2/11). Bas-Uele is the sixth province, entered on a Buta case with symptom onset 4 August and travel history to Haut-Uele, and the health-zone denominator moves with it from 140 to 151 total zones, 56 now affected. Operations: 837 patients hospitalised in isolation, 1,152 recovered in DRC, contact follow-up at 82.9% of identified contacts, up from 77.7% on 5 August but still below the 95% operational target." }, { "date": "2026-08-22", "cases": 5534, "deaths": 2644, "source": "INSP SitRep N°0100/MVEBDB/22/08/2026 published by DRC on 23 August, data as of 22 August, relayed by the ECDC outbreak page updated 24 August 15:41; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "The weekend SitReps arrived as one Monday batch and lift DRC to 5,514 confirmed cases and 2,642 confirmed deaths (data as of 22 August), an apparent case-fatality rate of 47.9%; adding Uganda's final 20 / 2 takes the combined headline to 5,534 cases and 2,644 deaths at a crude case-fatality rate of 47.8%. Three cuts land together: +224 confirmed cases and +126 confirmed deaths since the 19 August cut, roughly 75 cases and 42 deaths a day; the intermediate 21 August cut sits at 5,459 / 2,606 by ECDC's arithmetic. The province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 4,607 / 2,065 (28/36 zones), North Kivu 714 / 490 (13/34, one zone gained this week), Haut-Uele 173 / 77 (6/13), Tshopo 15 / 8 (7/23), South Kivu 3 / 1 (1/34), Bas-Uele 2 / 1 (2/11): 57 of 151 zones affected. Operations: 808 patients hospitalised in isolation (from 837), 1,200 recovered in DRC (from 1,152), contact follow-up at 83.4% of identified contacts. The first Ervebo tranche, more than 16,000 doses of the 70,000 released on 17 August, arrived in the country on 22 August." }, { "date": "2026-08-24", "cases": 5676, "deaths": 2717, "source": "INSP SitRep N°0102/MVEBDB/24/08/2026 published by DRC on 25 August, data as of 24 August, relayed by the ECDC outbreak page updated 26 August 13:50; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Two cuts land together since Monday: DRC moves to 5,656 confirmed cases and 2,715 confirmed deaths (data as of 24 August), an apparent case-fatality rate of 48.0%; combined with Uganda's final 20 / 2 the headline reaches 5,676 / 2,717 (CFR 47.9%). Movement since the 22 August cut: +142 cases and +73 deaths, roughly 71 cases and 37 deaths a day; the intermediate 23 August cut sits at 5,584 / 2,680. One-day movement onto this cut is 72 cases (Ituri 61, North Kivu 7, Haut-Uele 3, Bas-Uele 1) against 35 deaths. Bas-Uele gains a third affected health zone while North Kivu holds at thirteen: 58 of 151 zones affected. Operations slip: contact follow-up falls to 80.9% of identified contacts from 83.4%, isolation beds hold 792 patients, recoveries reach 1,245." }, { "date": "2026-08-26", "cases": 5814, "deaths": 2788, "source": "INSP SitRep N°0104, data as of 26 August, relayed by the ECDC outbreak page updated 28 August 14:40; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Two cuts land together since Wednesday: DRC moves to 5,794 confirmed cases and 2,786 confirmed deaths (data as of 26 August), an apparent case-fatality rate of 48.1%; combined with Uganda's final 20 / 2 the headline reaches 5,814 / 2,788 (CFR 47.9%). Movement since the 24 August cut: +138 cases and +71 deaths, roughly 69 cases and 36 deaths a day; the intermediate 25 August cut sits at 5,713 / 2,744. One-day movement onto this cut is 81 cases against 42 deaths. North Kivu adds two health zones in two days, from 13 to 15, taking the total to 60 of 151 affected; its cumulative case-fatality ratio of 68.0% remains the worst of the six provinces. Operations recover: contact follow-up back to 82.3% of identified contacts from 80.9%, isolation beds hold 843 patients against 792, recoveries reach 1,293. On 27 August the Ervebo vaccination campaign for frontline workers launched in Kisangani; the vaccine is licensed for Zaire ebolavirus only and unproven against this strain." }, { "date": "2026-08-30", "cases": 6120, "deaths": 2952, "source": "INSP SitRep N°0108, data as of 30 August, relayed by the ECDC outbreak page updated 1 September 17:00; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "Four cuts land together since Wednesday: DRC moves to 6,100 confirmed cases and 2,950 confirmed deaths (data as of 30 August), an apparent case-fatality rate of 48.4%; combined with Uganda's final 20 / 2 the headline reaches 6,120 / 2,952 (CFR 48.2%). Movement since the 26 August cut: +306 cases and +164 deaths, roughly 77 cases and 41 deaths a day; the intermediate 29 August cut sits at 6,041 / 2,911. One-day movement onto this cut is 59 cases (Ituri 44, North Kivu 8, Haut-Uele 6, Bas-Uele 1) against 39 deaths. No province added a health zone across the four cuts: 60 of 151 remain affected. Province split: Ituri 5,016 / 2,274, North Kivu 836 / 566 (CFR 67.7%), Haut-Uele 222 / 97, Tshopo 19 / 9, South Kivu 3 / 1, Bas-Uele 4 / 3. Operations improve: contact follow-up 86.3% of identified contacts from 82.3%, isolation beds hold 814 patients from 843, recoveries reach 1,383 from 1,293." }, { "date": "2026-08-31", "cases": 6206, "deaths": 3009, "source": "INSP SitRep N°0109, data as of 31 August, relayed by the ECDC outbreak page updated 2 September 16:08; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "One cut since Monday: DRC moves to 6,186 confirmed cases and 3,007 confirmed deaths (data as of 31 August), an apparent case-fatality rate of 48.6%; combined with Uganda's final 20 / 2 the headline reaches 6,206 / 3,009 (CFR 48.5%). Confirmed deaths in DRC have passed 3,000. One-day movement: 86 cases (Ituri 49, North Kivu 32, Haut-Uele 5) against 57 deaths. The province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 5,065 / 2,305 (28/36), North Kivu 868 / 589 (15/34, CFR 67.9%), Haut-Uele 227 / 100 (6/13), Tshopo 19 / 9 (7/23), South Kivu 3 / 1 (1/34), Bas-Uele 4 / 3 (3/11); 60 of 151 zones still affected. Operations: contact follow-up 88% of identified contacts from 86.3%, isolation 830 from 814, recoveries 1,409 from 1,383. North Kivu took 37% of the day's new cases and 40% of the deaths, a one-day share well above its usual." }, { "date": "2026-09-05", "cases": 6624, "deaths": 3177, "source": "INSP SitRep N°114, data as of 5 September, published 6 September, corroborated by the ECDC outbreak page updated 7 September 14:25; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SitRep_MVEBDB_114_05_09_2026.pdf", "note": "Five days since the 31 August cut: DRC moves to 6,604 confirmed cases and 3,175 confirmed deaths (data as of 5 September), an apparent case-fatality rate of 48.1%; combined with Uganda's final 20 / 2 the headline reaches 6,624 / 3,177 (CFR 48.0%). Movement: +418 cases and +168 deaths, roughly 84 cases and 34 deaths a day. One-day onto this cut: 82 cases (Ituri 49, North Kivu 31, Haut-Uele 2) against 41 deaths (32 community, 9 inside a treatment centre). North Kivu has passed 1,000 confirmed cases at 1,000 / 659 (16/34, CFR 65.9%). Kayna became the 61st affected zone on 3 September. Province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 5,326 / 2,398 (28/36), North Kivu 1,000 / 659, Haut-Uele 249 / 105 (6/13), Tshopo 22 / 9 (7/23), South Kivu 3 / 1, Bas-Uele 4 / 3; 61 of 151 zones. Operations: contact follow-up 85.7% of identified contacts from 88%, isolation 851 from 830, recoveries 1,548 from 1,409." }, { "date": "2026-09-06", "cases": 6706, "deaths": 3228, "source": "INSP SitRep N°115, published 7 September, data as of 6 September; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SitRep_MVEBDB_115_06_09_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC moves to 6,686 confirmed cases and 3,226 confirmed deaths (data as of 6 September), a case-fatality rate of 48.3%; with Uganda's final 20 / 2 the headline reaches 6,706 / 3,228. One-day movement: 82 cases split evenly between Ituri (39) and North Kivu (39) with Haut-Uele taking 4, against 51 deaths, 36 in the community and 15 inside a treatment centre. This is the first cut on which North Kivu matched Ituri for new confirmations. No new health zone. Contact follow-up 85.3%, isolation 819, recoveries 1,563." }, { "date": "2026-09-07", "cases": 6777, "deaths": 3269, "source": "INSP SitRep N°116, published 8 September, data as of 7 September; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SitRep_MVEBDB_116_07_09_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC moves to 6,757 confirmed cases and 3,267 confirmed deaths (data as of 7 September), a case-fatality rate of 48.3%; combined headline 6,777 / 3,269. One-day movement: 71 cases (Ituri 41, North Kivu 27, Haut-Uele 3) against 41 deaths, 31 in the community and 10 inside a treatment centre. No new health zone. Contact follow-up climbs to 88.3%, isolation 813, recoveries 1,590." }, { "date": "2026-09-08", "cases": 6863, "deaths": 3312, "source": "INSP SitRep N°117, published 9 September, data as of 8 September; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SitRep_MVEBDB_117_08_09_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC moves to 6,843 confirmed cases and 3,310 confirmed deaths (data as of 8 September), a case-fatality rate of 48.4%; combined headline 6,863 / 3,312. One-day movement: 86 cases (Ituri 55, North Kivu 27, Haut-Uele 2, Tshopo 2) against 43 deaths. The death split inverts for one day: 24 inside treatment centres against 19 in the community, where community deaths normally run two to three times higher. Tshopo notifies again after a quiet stretch. Contact follow-up eases to 86.5%, isolation 833, recoveries 1,611." }, { "date": "2026-09-09", "cases": 6962, "deaths": 3351, "source": "INSP SitRep N°118, published 10 September, data as of 9 September; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SitRep_MVEBDB_118_09_09_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC moves to 6,942 confirmed cases and 3,349 confirmed deaths (data as of 9 September), a case-fatality rate of 48.2%; combined with Uganda's final 20 / 2 the headline reaches 6,962 / 3,351 (CFR 48.1%). Movement since the 5 September cut: +338 cases and +174 deaths in four days, roughly 85 cases and 44 deaths a day. One-day onto this cut: 99 cases (Ituri 47, North Kivu 46, Haut-Uele 6) against 39 deaths, 29 community and 10 intra-centre. North Kivu takes 46.5% of the day's confirmations against Ituri's 47.5% and INSP flags its profile as worrying; the province reaches 1,139 / 725 (CFR 63.7%, 16/34 zones) with Katwa at 486 / 309 and Beni at 195 / 145. North Kivu treatment centres run at 132.2% occupancy (291 patients, 220 beds) while Ituri sits at 46.2%, and the SitRep's single priority action is to expand North Kivu capacity. Province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 5,508 / 2,501, North Kivu 1,139 / 725, Haut-Uele 264 / 110, Tshopo 24 / 9, South Kivu 3 / 1, Bas-Uele 4 / 3; 61 of 151 zones, unchanged since Kayna on 3 September. Contact follow-up falls to 84.4%, below the 85% threshold, isolation 823, recoveries 1,647." }, { "date": "2026-09-10", "cases": 7042, "deaths": 3400, "source": "INSP SitRep N°119, data as of 10 September, transcribed by the INRB-UMIE extract and independently carried by AFP, Al Jazeera and the Independent; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/12/dr-congos-worst-ebola-epidemic-ever-passes-7000-cases", "note": "DRC moves to 7,022 confirmed cases and 3,398 confirmed deaths (data as of 10 September), a case-fatality rate of 48.4%; combined with Uganda's final 20 / 2 the headline reaches 7,042 / 3,400 (CFR 48.3%). Confirmed cases in DRC pass 7,000. One-day movement: 80 cases (Ituri 30, North Kivu 43, Haut-Uele 6, Sud-Ubangi 1) against 49 deaths. Sud-Ubangi becomes the seventh province, one confirmed case and one death in Bulu health zone. Case split sums exactly: Ituri 5,538, North Kivu 1,182, Haut-Uele 270, Tshopo 24, South Kivu 3, Bas-Uele 4, Sud-Ubangi 1; 62 zones. North Kivu takes 53.8% of the day's confirmations against Ituri's 37.5%. Isolation 837, recoveries 1,671, contact follow-up 87.6% of identified contacts." }, { "date": "2026-09-12", "cases": 7220, "deaths": 3477, "source": "DRC situation update published 13 September, data as of 12 September, carried by the ECDC outbreak page updated 14 September 13:30; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda", "note": "DRC moves to 7,200 confirmed cases and 3,475 confirmed deaths (data as of 12 September), a case-fatality rate of 48.3%; combined with Uganda's final 20 / 2 the headline reaches 7,220 / 3,477 (CFR 48.2%). Movement since the 9 September cut: +258 cases and +126 deaths in three days, roughly 86 cases and 42 deaths a day, the increment ECDC records against its previous report. Isolation 923, contact follow-up 88% of identified contacts, 62 of 167 health zones across seven provinces. Recoveries 1,712 in the 13 September epidemiological report of this cut, from 1,671 on 10 September. No province death split published with this cut." }, { "date": "2026-09-13", "cases": 7278, "deaths": 3512, "source": "INSP SitRep N°122, reporting date 13 September, published 14 September, carried by the ECDC outbreak page updated 15 September 15:40; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SitRep_MVEBDB_122_13_09_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC moves to 7,258 confirmed cases and 3,510 confirmed deaths (data as of 13 September), a case-fatality rate of 48.4%; combined with Uganda's final 20 / 2 the headline reaches 7,278 / 3,512 (CFR 48.3%). One-day movement: 58 cases (Ituri 44, North Kivu 12, Haut-Uele 2) against 35 deaths (23 community, 12 inside a treatment centre). Province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 5,659 / 2,583 (28/36), North Kivu 1,281 / 797 (16/34, CFR 62.2%), Haut-Uele 281 / 115 (6/13), Tshopo 28 / 10 (7/23), South Kivu 3 / 1, Bas-Uele 5 / 3, Sud-Ubangi 1 / 1; 62 of 167 zones. Isolation 905 from 923, recoveries 1,726 from 1,712, contact follow-up 78.6% of identified contacts from 88%, below the 85% threshold. North Kivu occupancy 145.6%, with no beds in Butembo or Katwa." }, { "date": "2026-09-16", "cases": 7495, "deaths": 3607, "source": "INSP SitRep N°125, reporting date 16 September, published 17 September, carried by the ECDC outbreak page updated 18 September 14:20; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SitRep_MVEBDB_125_16_09_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC moves to 7,475 confirmed cases and 3,605 confirmed deaths (data as of 16 September), a case-fatality rate of 48.2%; combined with Uganda's final 20 / 2 the headline reaches 7,495 / 3,607 (CFR 48.1%). Three days since the 13 September cut: +217 cases and +95 deaths, roughly 72 cases and 32 deaths a day. SitRep N°125's own 24-hour window: 71 cases (Ituri 41, North Kivu 27, Haut-Uele 2, Tshopo 1) against 28 deaths (18 community, 10 inside a treatment centre). Province split reconciles exactly: Ituri 5,792 / 2,642 (28/36), North Kivu 1,350 / 828 (16/34, CFR 61.3%), Haut-Uele 292 / 118 (6/13), Tshopo 30 / 11 (7/23), South Kivu 3 / 1, Bas-Uele 7 / 4, Sud-Ubangi 1 / 1; 62 of 167 zones. Isolation 905 unchanged, recoveries 1,798 from 1,726, contact follow-up 87.6% of identified contacts from 78.6%, back above the 85% threshold. North Kivu: 376 hospitalised, 96.9% of 228 normed beds, 42.1% treated outside a treatment unit, no beds in Butembo or Katwa." }, { "date": "2026-09-19", "cases": 7692, "deaths": 3701, "source": "INSP SitRep national series as transcribed by the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror, data as of 19 September; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/INRB-UMIE/Ebola_DRC_2026", "note": "DRC 7,672 confirmed cases and 3,699 deaths as of 19 September; combined with Uganda's final 20 / 2 the headline reaches 7,692 / 3,701. Backfilled on 2 October from the INRB-UMIE transcription of the INSP series." }, { "date": "2026-09-21", "cases": 7793, "deaths": 3761, "source": "INSP SitRep national series as transcribed by the INRB-UMIE GitHub mirror, data as of 21 September; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/INRB-UMIE/Ebola_DRC_2026", "note": "DRC 7,773 confirmed cases and 3,759 deaths as of 21 September; combined headline 7,793 / 3,761. Backfilled on 2 October from the INRB-UMIE transcription of the INSP series." }, { "date": "2026-09-23", "cases": 7910, "deaths": 3801, "source": "WHO Disease Outbreak News DON618, published 25 September, data as of 23 September; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON618", "note": "DRC 7,890 confirmed cases and 3,799 deaths as of 23 September (CFR 48.1%), 63 health zones in seven provinces after Dungu (Haut-Uele, South Sudan border) joined; combined headline 7,910 / 3,801. WHO reads Ituri as declining gradually from its mid-August peak and North Kivu as easing after a mid-September high, with renewed activity in Tshopo." }, { "date": "2026-09-26", "cases": 8087, "deaths": 3903, "source": "DRC Ministry of Health figures as of 26 September, reported by Actualite.cd on 28 September; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://actualite.cd/2026/09/28/rdc-lepidemie-debola-depasse-8-000-cas-confirmes-et-approche-4-000-morts", "note": "DRC passes 8,000 confirmed cases: 8,067 cases and 3,901 deaths as of 26 September; combined headline 8,087 / 3,903." }, { "date": "2026-09-27", "cases": 8136, "deaths": 3926, "source": "INSP SitRep N°136, reporting date 27 September, published 28 September; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SitRep_MVEBDB_136_27_09_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC 8,116 confirmed cases and 3,924 deaths as of 27 September (CFR 48.3%); combined headline 8,136 / 3,926. One-day movement 49 cases (Ituri 27, North Kivu 18, Haut-Uele 4) and 23 deaths. Isolation 817, recoveries 2,088, contact follow-up 75.9% of identified contacts." }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "cases": 8244, "deaths": 3984, "source": "INSP SitRep N°138, reporting date 29 September, published 30 September, matched by the ECDC outbreak page updated 2 October; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SitRep_MVEBDB_138_29_09_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC 8,224 confirmed cases and 3,982 deaths as of 29 September (CFR 48.4%); combined headline 8,244 / 3,984 (CFR 48.3%). Thirteen days since the 16 September cut: +749 cases and +377 deaths, about 58 and 29 a day. One-day movement 53 cases (Ituri 32, North Kivu 17, Haut-Uele 4) and 28 deaths (22 community, 6 in treatment centres). Province split sums exactly: Ituri 6,250 / 2,885, North Kivu 1,570 / 931 (CFR 59.3%), Haut-Uele 344 / 144, Tshopo 45 / 16, Bas-Uele 10 / 4, South Kivu 3 / 1, Sud-Ubangi 2 / 1; 63 of 167 zones. Isolation 851, recoveries 2,121, contact follow-up 78.7% of identified contacts (North Kivu 71.4%)." }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "cases": 8320, "deaths": 4020, "source": "INSP SitRep N°139, reporting date 30 September, published 1 October; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SitRep_MVEBDB_139_30_09_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC 8,300 confirmed cases and 4,018 deaths as of 30 September (CFR 48.4%), the cut behind the ministry figures AP reported on 1 October; combined headline 8,320 / 4,020. Deaths pass 4,000. One-day movement 76 cases (Ituri 43, North Kivu 31, Haut-Uele 2) and 36 deaths (28 community, 8 in treatment centres). Isolation 842, recoveries 2,162, contact follow-up 80.6%. A temporary Ervebo stockout halted vaccination and research in Ituri after 817 people had been vaccinated there." }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "cases": 8396, "deaths": 4044, "source": "INSP SitRep N°140, reporting date 1 October, published 2 October; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SitRep_MVEBDB_140_01_10_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC 8,376 confirmed cases and 4,042 deaths as of 1 October (CFR 48.3%); combined headline 8,396 / 4,044. One-day movement 76 cases (Ituri 49, North Kivu 23, Haut-Uele 3, Tshopo 1) and 24 deaths (19 community, 5 in treatment centres). Isolation 869, recoveries 2,182, contact follow-up 81.3%." }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "cases": 8462, "deaths": 4082, "source": "INSP SitRep N°141, reporting date 2 October (header misprinted 1 October), published 3 October; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SitRep_MVEBDB_141_02_10_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC 8,442 confirmed cases and 4,080 deaths as of 2 October (CFR 48.3%); combined headline 8,462 / 4,082. Alimbongo, Lubero territory, becomes the 64th affected zone with 4 cases and 2 deaths, and neighbouring Kayna rises from 1 to 3 cases. One-day movement 66 cases (North Kivu 33, Ituri 28, Haut-Uele 3, Tshopo 2) and 38 deaths (22 community, 16 in treatment centres). Contact follow-up drops to 73.1%, North Kivu 60.2%." }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "cases": 8623, "deaths": 4150, "source": "INSP SitRep N°143, reporting date 4 October, published 5 October; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SitRep_MVEBDB_143_04_10_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC 8,603 confirmed cases and 4,148 deaths as of 4 October (CFR 48.2%); combined headline 8,623 / 4,150. One-day movement 59 cases (North Kivu 33, Ituri 23, Haut-Uele 2, Tshopo 1) and 34 deaths (23 community, 11 in treatment centres). Isolation 896, recoveries 2,235, contact follow-up 79.7%. North Kivu reaches 1,729 cases and 1,005 deaths." }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "cases": 8748, "deaths": 4207, "source": "INSP SitRep N°145, reporting date 6 October, published 7 October, matched by WHO Disease Outbreak News 619 of 8 October; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SitRep_MVEBDB_145_06_10_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC 8,728 confirmed cases and 4,205 deaths as of 6 October (CFR 48.2%); combined headline 8,748 / 4,207 (CFR 48.1%). Seven days since the 29 September cut: +504 cases and +223 deaths, 72 and about 32 a day. One-day movement 63 cases (Ituri 33, North Kivu 30) and 27 deaths (17 community, 10 in treatment centres). Province split sums exactly: Ituri 6,513 / 3,007, North Kivu 1,785 / 1,021 (CFR 57.2%), Haut-Uele 364 / 153, Tshopo 51 / 18, Bas-Uele 10 / 4, South Kivu 3 / 1, Sud-Ubangi 2 / 1; 64 of 167 zones. Isolation 1,066, recoveries 2,269, contact follow-up 82.0%. Kenya's imported fatal case is kept outside the headline." }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "cases": 8807, "deaths": 4244, "source": "INSP SitRep N°146, reporting date 7 October, published 8 October; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SitRep_MVEBDB_146_07_10_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC 8,787 confirmed cases and 4,242 deaths as of 7 October (CFR 48.3%); combined headline 8,807 / 4,244. One-day movement 59 cases (Ituri 29, North Kivu 26, Haut-Uele 4) and 37 deaths (26 community, 11 in treatment centres). Isolation 980, recoveries 2,292, contact follow-up 80.0%, test positivity 15.0%." }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "cases": 8865, "deaths": 4277, "source": "INSP SitRep N°147, reporting date 8 October, published 9 October; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SitRep_MVEBDB_147_08_10_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC 8,845 confirmed cases and 4,275 deaths as of 8 October (CFR 48.3%); combined headline 8,865 / 4,277. Dakwa, Bas-Uele, becomes the 65th affected zone with one confirmed case. One-day movement 58 cases (North Kivu 30, Ituri 20, Tshopo 4, Haut-Uele 3, Bas-Uele 1) and 33 deaths (14 community, 19 in treatment centres). Isolation 950, recoveries 2,320, contact follow-up 83.5%." }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "cases": 8934, "deaths": 4317, "source": "INSP SitRep N°148, reporting date 9 October, published 10 October; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SitRep_MVEBDB_148_09_10_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC 8,914 confirmed cases and 4,315 deaths as of 9 October (CFR 48.4%); combined headline 8,934 / 4,317. One-day movement 69 cases (Ituri 47, North Kivu 17, Tshopo 2, Bas-Uele 2, Haut-Uele 1) and 40 deaths (30 community, 10 in treatment centres). Isolation 946, recoveries 2,338, contact follow-up 83.1%, test positivity 16.0%." }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "cases": 8998, "deaths": 4338, "source": "INSP SitRep N°149, reporting date 10 October, published 11 October, matched by the ECDC outbreak page updated 12 October; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://insp.cd/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SitRep_MVEBDB_149_10_10_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC 8,978 confirmed cases and 4,336 deaths as of 10 October (CFR 48.3%); combined headline 8,998 / 4,338. One-day movement 64 cases (Ituri 30, North Kivu 25, Haut-Uele 7, Tshopo 2) and 21 deaths (13 community, 8 in treatment centres). Isolation 945, recoveries 2,356, contact follow-up 81.0%, test positivity 14.3%. Two confirmed patients escaped from the Pawa treatment centre in Haut-Uele." }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "cases": 9086, "deaths": 4383, "source": "INSP SitRep N°150, data as of 11 October (header misprinted 12 October), published 13 October, via the INRB-UMIE mirror; the same figures the health ministry released to AP on 13 October; Uganda Ministry of Health final count of 20 / 2 included in the combined total", "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/INRB-UMIE/Ebola_DRC_2026/blob/main/data/insp_sitrep/raw/SitRep_MVE_150_2026.pdf", "note": "DRC 9,066 confirmed cases and 4,381 deaths as of 11 October (CFR 48.3%); combined headline 9,086 / 4,383 (CFR 48.2%). DRC passes 9,000 confirmed cases. Five days since the 6 October cut: +338 cases and +176 deaths, about 68 and 35 a day. One-day movement 88 cases (Ituri 56, North Kivu 28, Haut-Uele 4), the most since 3 October, and 45 deaths (37 community, 8 in treatment centres); Bunia 20, Mandima 18 and Beni 16 took 61.4% of the new cases. Province split sums exactly: Ituri 6,695 / 3,099, North Kivu 1,911 / 1,092 (CFR 57.1%), Haut-Uele 383 / 162, Tshopo 59 / 22, Bas-Uele 13 / 4, South Kivu 3 / 1, Sud-Ubangi 2 / 1; 65 of 167 zones ever affected, 57 currently. Isolation 895, recoveries 2,389, contact follow-up 79.5%, test positivity 20.8%." } ] }