Ebola updates — latest reports and timeline

Ituri, 22–28 August: 339 new confirmed cases and 169 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°99 and N°106), taking the province to 4,911 cases and 2,212 deaths.

North Kivu, 22–28 August: 102 new confirmed cases and 70 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°99 and N°106), taking the province to 800 cases and 546 deaths.

Haut-Uélé, 22–28 August: 41 new confirmed cases and 16 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°99 and N°106), taking the province to 209 cases and 93 deaths.

Tshopo, 22–28 August: 4 new confirmed cases and no deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°99 and N°106), taking the province to 19 cases and 8 deaths.

Bas-Uélé, 22–28 August: 1 new confirmed case and 1 death (the difference between INSP reports N°99 and N°106), taking the province to 3 cases and 2 deaths.

Vaccination of health-care workers with Ervebo begins on 27 August in parts of the DRC, including Kisangani in Tshopo Province. Ervebo is safe and effective against Ebola virus disease, but it is not known whether it protects against Bundibugyo virus in humans, so WHO stresses running a clinical trial of the vaccine alongside this wider use.

ECDC records that on 25 August WHO declared the end of Uganda's outbreak, following 42 days without a new confirmed case being reported. Uganda's Ministry of Health reported a total of 20 cases, all between May and June 2026.

By 21 August around 160 health workers have been infected and 43 have died, against 155 infections and 45 deaths recorded on 9 August. Insecurity continues to disrupt the response: a mob sets an ambulance alight in Aru Territory on 17 August.

Ituri, 15–21 August: 467 new confirmed cases and 252 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°92 and N°99), taking the province to 4,572 cases and 2,043 deaths.

North Kivu, 15–21 August: 110 new confirmed cases and 65 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°92 and N°99), taking the province to 698 cases and 476 deaths.

Haut-Uélé, 15–21 August: 33 new confirmed cases and 15 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°92 and N°99), taking the province to 168 cases and 77 deaths.

Tshopo, 15–21 August: 4 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°92 and N°99), taking the province to 15 cases and 8 deaths.

Bas-Uélé, 15–21 August: 1 new confirmed case and no deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°92 and N°99), taking the province to 2 cases and 1 deaths.

Ituri, 8–14 August: 469 new confirmed cases and 240 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°85 and N°92), taking the province to 4,105 cases and 1,791 deaths.

North Kivu, 8–14 August: 118 new confirmed cases and 96 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°85 and N°92), taking the province to 588 cases and 411 deaths.

Haut-Uélé, 8–14 August: 44 new confirmed cases and 18 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°85 and N°92), taking the province to 135 cases and 62 deaths.

Tshopo, 8–14 August: 2 new confirmed cases and 1 death (the difference between INSP reports N°85 and N°92), taking the province to 11 cases and 6 deaths.

Bas-Uélé, 8–14 August: the province's first confirmed case, which was fatal (the difference between INSP reports N°85 and N°92).

On 7 August WHO's Technical Advisory Group on candidate vaccine prioritization reports on possible vaccines for Bundibugyo virus disease and recommends that Ervebo — the only licensed Ebola vaccine, developed against Zaire ebolavirus — be prioritised for inclusion in a randomised clinical trial in the DRC outbreak. WHO works with partners to start the trial as soon as possible; no vaccine is approved for Bundibugyo virus.

Ituri, 1–7 August: 407 new confirmed cases and 215 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°78 and N°85), taking the province to 3,636 cases and 1,551 deaths.

North Kivu, 1–7 August: 92 new confirmed cases and 64 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°78 and N°85), taking the province to 470 cases and 315 deaths.

Haut-Uélé, 1–7 August: 34 new confirmed cases and 16 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°78 and N°85), taking the province to 91 cases and 44 deaths.

Tshopo, 1–7 August: 2 new confirmed cases and no deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°78 and N°85), taking the province to 9 cases and 5 deaths.

WHO's Disease Outbreak News of 1 August records that this is now the largest Ebola disease outbreak ever recorded in the DRC, surpassing the 2018–2020 outbreak and its 3,317 confirmed cases: as of 30 July the DRC counts 3,605 confirmed cases, including 1,587 deaths. In two months the outbreak has expanded to five provinces (Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-Uélé and Tshopo) and 49 health zones.

Ituri, 25–31 July: 496 new confirmed cases and 194 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°71 and N°78), taking the province to 3,229 cases and 1,336 deaths.

North Kivu, 25–31 July: 79 new confirmed cases and 63 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°71 and N°78), taking the province to 378 cases and 251 deaths.

Haut-Uélé, 25–31 July: 22 new confirmed cases and 9 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°71 and N°78), taking the province to 57 cases and 28 deaths.

Tshopo, 25–31 July: 2 new confirmed cases and 1 death (the difference between INSP reports N°71 and N°78), taking the province to 7 cases and 5 deaths.

Uganda's Ministry of Health declares the end of the Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the country on 28 July, after 42 days without a new confirmed locally transmitted case since the last such patient left care on 16 June. The most recent imported case was discharged on 16 July after two negative tests, and WHO is monitoring for 42 days from that date to make sure no chain of transmission was missed.

Ituri, 18–24 July: 710 new confirmed cases and 397 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°64 and N°71), taking the province to 2,733 cases and 1,142 deaths. Much of the rise comes from INSP's 22 July integration of harmonised provincial databases (N°69), not only from new notifications.

North Kivu, 18–24 July: 85 new confirmed cases and 58 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°64 and N°71), taking the province to 299 cases and 188 deaths. Much of the rise comes from INSP's 22 July integration of harmonised provincial databases (N°69), not only from new notifications.

Haut-Uélé, 18–24 July: 13 new confirmed cases and 6 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°64 and N°71), taking the province to 35 cases and 19 deaths.

Ituri, 11–17 July: 323 new confirmed cases and 171 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°57 and N°64), taking the province to 2,023 cases and 745 deaths.

North Kivu, 11–17 July: 49 new confirmed cases and 36 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°57 and N°64), taking the province to 214 cases and 130 deaths.

Haut-Uélé, 11–17 July: 21 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°57 and N°64), taking the province to 22 cases and 13 deaths. INSP flags the province's figures in this report as under revision.

Tshopo, 11–17 July: 1 new confirmed case and 2 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°57 and N°64), taking the province to 5 cases and 4 deaths.

WHO Disease Outbreak News (data to 15 July): the DRC reports 2,124 confirmed cases, including two diagnosed there and treated in Germany, and 828 deaths, a 39% case fatality ratio. Ituri accounts for 1,904 of the cases, and health workers for 119 cases and 36 deaths.

On 15 July MSF says that in two months the epidemic has become the third largest, and fastest growing, Ebola disease outbreak on record, with rural communities still lacking adequate support. Staff at Bunia General Hospital and Rwampara General Hospital are on strike the same day over unpaid wages and working conditions. An unusual clinical feature compounds the response: bleeding occurs in only about 10% of Bundibugyo cases in 2026, so patients present without the classic haemorrhagic signs and are isolated late.

German authorities notify WHO on 13 July of a laboratory-confirmed Bundibugyo case in a United States humanitarian worker who tested positive in the DRC and was medically evacuated to a university hospital in Frankfurt am Main — the second US citizen treated in Germany, after a US physician working in the DRC was evacuated in May, recovered and was discharged. WHO counts both among the DRC's confirmed cases, where they were diagnosed, so they are not counted again here. No secondary cases occur in Germany. Context row: never counted.

Ituri, 4–10 July: 313 new confirmed cases and 163 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°50 and N°57), taking the province to 1,700 cases and 574 deaths. INSP's own table also counts Haut-Uélé's first case and Tshopo's first four inside Ituri (1,705 cases, 577 deaths); they are counted once here, under their own provinces.

North Kivu, 4–10 July: 27 new confirmed cases and 14 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°50 and N°57), taking the province to 165 cases and 94 deaths.

Haut-Uélé, to 10 July: the province's first confirmed case, which was fatal, first counted in Ituri's Nia-Nia health zone (INSP report N°57).

Tshopo, to 10 July: the province's first 4 confirmed cases and 2 deaths, first counted in Ituri's Nia-Nia health zone (INSP report N°57).

Ituri, 28 June – 3 July: 222 new confirmed cases and 110 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°44 and N°50), taking the province to 1,387 cases and 411 deaths.

North Kivu, 28 June – 3 July: 32 new confirmed cases and 22 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°44 and N°50), taking the province to 138 cases and 80 deaths.

A WHO-sponsored clinical trial of treatments for Bundibugyo virus disease, known as PARTNERS, begins enrolling patients on 2 July. By mid-August it is open at three clinical-management facilities in Ituri and has enrolled more than 100 confirmed cases. No specific treatment for Bundibugyo virus disease is approved.

Ituri, 20–27 June: 291 new confirmed cases and 100 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°36 and N°44), taking the province to 1,165 cases and 301 deaths.

North Kivu, 20–27 June: 27 new confirmed cases and 13 deaths (the difference between INSP reports N°36 and N°44), taking the province to 106 cases and 58 deaths.

French authorities notify WHO on 24 June of a confirmed case in a doctor returning from five weeks caring for patients in Ituri, who was isolated on arrival at Charles de Gaulle Airport on 23 June.

Uganda confirms its 20th and last case on 21 June, for a total of 20 confirmed cases and two deaths; WHO's 2 July update records no new case since.