WHO reports 8,728 confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola cases in DR Congo across seven provinces
14 October 2026
The World Health Organization issued a Disease Outbreak News note on 8 October 2026 on Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
As of 6 October 2026 there were 8,728 cumulative confirmed cases and 4,205 confirmed deaths, with 2,269 recoveries.
The crude case fatality ratio stands at 48.2 per cent.
The outbreak has spread to seven of the country's 26 provinces and 64 health zones: Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Sud-Ubangi and Tshopo. Ituri is the worst affected.
There are no approved vaccines or specific treatments for disease caused by Bundibugyo virus.
WHO assessed the risk as very high in the DRC, high in countries sharing a land border with it, and low at the regional and global level.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control put the DRC total at 8,978 confirmed cases and 4,336 deaths as of 11 October 2026.
In plain words
Bundibugyo virus Bundibugyo ebolavirus — One of the ebolavirus species that cause Ebola disease in people; it is named after a district in Uganda.
DON Disease Outbreak News — WHO's published notices on outbreaks of international public health concern.
CFR Case fatality ratio — The share of confirmed cases of a disease that end in death.