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Ebola News: 2026 Outbreak Headlines

Updated · 18 stories from the last 14 days

The 2026 outbreak is caused by Bundibugyo virus, one of four orthoebolaviruses that cause Ebola disease in people. It matters for almost every story below: the licensed Ebola vaccine protects against the Zaire species and is not expected to work against this one, which is why a Bundibugyo-specific vaccine is only now entering trials.

Live Ebola Map records 3,381 confirmed cases and 1,489 confirmed deaths, a case-fatality rate of about 44%. Those totals combine figures published on different dates: 3,360 cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 27 July (SitRep N°74), 20 in Uganda as of 28 July (8 in Kampala, 1 in Wakiso; outbreak declared over 28 July), and 1 imported case in France (a medical humanitarian worker who returned infected from DRC, and the first case reported outside Africa in this outbreak). 733 people were in isolation care at the last count. Since 22 July the confirmed total has risen by 887 (36%) and the death toll by 488, while the case-fatality rate climbed to 44%. DRC cases are concentrated in Ituri (2,988 cases across 28 health zones), North Kivu (325), South Kivu (3), Haut-Uélé (39), Tshopo (5); the full breakdown is on the live case map, the shape of it over time on the outbreak trend chart, and every individual pin in the case table.

Two things to hold in mind while reading the headlines below. First, these are confirmed, laboratory-reported figures, and the real totals are almost certainly higher: case-finding in the affected areas of eastern DRC is incomplete, and 321 further cases were listed as suspected but unconfirmed as of 27 July. Second, news reports often run ahead of this site's figures: journalists are briefed on the daily Ministry of Health count a day or two before it appears in the structured situation reports this site depends on for the provincial breakdown, so a death toll quoted in a headline below may be higher than the number above. Ours is not out of date; it is the most recent figure published with a province-level split, which is what keeps the map's pins adding up to the total. Read them together; the FAQ explains how the site's numbers are compiled.

Live Ebola Map recorded 3,381 confirmed cases and 1,489 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 44%.

Live Ebola Map recorded 3,282 confirmed cases and 1,439 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 44%.

Live Ebola Map recorded 3,096 confirmed cases and 1,356 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 44%.

Live Ebola Map recorded 2,444 confirmed cases and 969 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 40%.

Live Ebola Map recorded 2,365 confirmed cases and 932 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 39%.

Live Ebola Map recorded 2,094 confirmed cases and 798 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 38%.

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