Ebola News: 2026 Outbreak Headlines
Updated · 24 stories from the last 14 days
Where the DRC Ebola outbreak stands
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 6,963 confirmed cases and 3,351 confirmed deaths, a case-fatality rate of about 48%: 6,942 cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 9 September (DRC, relayed by ECDC), 20 in Uganda (outbreak declared over by Uganda on 28 July; last confirmed case 21 June, last patient discharged 16 July; WHO also declared the outbreak's end on 25 August, 42 days without a new confirmed case being reported), 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). Since 4 September the confirmed total has risen by 600 (9%) and the death toll by 277, while the case-fatality rate held steady at 48%.
The map breaks the same total down by province, from the DRC situation report for 9 September (DRC, relayed by ECDC), the most recent report to split this outbreak by province: Ituri (5,508 cases across 28 health zones), North Kivu (1,139), South Kivu (3), Haut-Uélé (264), Tshopo (24), Bas-Uélé (4), totalling 6,942 cases and 3,349 deaths. You can see the shape of it over time on the 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, no cumulative count of suspected cases is published at all, and WHO has said the true scale may be several times the confirmed figure. Second, a headline below may quote a different number: the DRC publishes a national count most days but a province-level report only every few days, and outlets pick up whichever landed most recently, so two figures published within a day of each other can legitimately differ. Every number on this site is labelled with the date and the report it came from. The FAQ explains how they are compiled.
Latest Bundibugyo Ebola headlines
Live Ebola Map recorded 6,963 confirmed cases and 3,351 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 48%.
Live Ebola Map recorded 6,864 confirmed cases and 3,312 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 48%.
- 'I've never seen anything like this' -- A U.S. doctor treats Ebola's youngest victims
- Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Live Ebola Map recorded 6,778 confirmed cases and 3,269 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 48%.
- Making Coffins in Ebola’s Epicenter
- How a Driver’s Sudden Death Triggered Ebola Panic in Congo
- Kenya strengthens Ebola readiness at its busiest land border
Live Ebola Map recorded 6,707 confirmed cases and 3,228 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 48%.
- Ebola outbreak in DR Congo tops 6,600 cases
- Pediatrician recounts experiences treating children with Ebola
- Emergency Funding Alone is Insufficient to End Bundibugyo virus
Live Ebola Map recorded 6,625 confirmed cases and 3,177 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 48%.
- Adapting care to an evolving Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Inside the dangerous work of Congo’s Ebola burial teams
Live Ebola Map recorded 6,363 confirmed cases and 3,074 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 48%.
Live Ebola Map recorded 6,271 confirmed cases and 3,041 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 48%.
- Ebola case counts reach 6,250 in DR Congo outbreak
- Why Congo's Ebola outbreak continues to spread rapidly
- Community dialogues build trust in Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Community dialogue building trust in Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Live Ebola Map recorded 6,207 confirmed cases and 3,009 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 48%.
- Ebola kills 3,000 in DR Congo as control efforts aren’t measuring up
- Congo's Ebola outbreak claims over 3,000 lives amid 6,100 cases
Live Ebola Map recorded 6,121 confirmed cases and 2,952 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 48%.
- Schools restart inside Congo’s Ebola epicenter despite concerns
- The Ritual of Coffin Making in a City Hit by Ebola
Live Ebola Map recorded 5,966 confirmed cases and 2,864 confirmed deaths on this date, a case-fatality rate of 48%.
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