Ebola Cases in Eastern Congo Climb to 782 and Deaths Reach 181, Authorities Say
- Government data showed 782 confirmed Ebola cases in Congo on Sunday, with 72 new cases documented in 24 hours marking one of the largest single-day increases during the ongoing outbreak.
- The outbreak is concentrated in the eastern province of Ituri, accounting for more than 90% of cases, caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus with no approved vaccine or treatment.
- Tracing efforts struggle with a 56% coverage rate as conflict displaces nearly a million people in Ituri, while frequent movement among artisanal miners and attacks on health workers complicate containment.
- Confirmed Ebola cases include 181 deaths with Fifty-six recoveries, resulting in a current fatality rate of 23%, the Congolese Ministry reported.
- Washington previously proposed sending Americans exposed to Ebola to a 50-bed quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base in Kenya, but courts halted the project following protests.
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Ebola deaths rise in DR Congo
Ebola deaths rise in DR Congo | 15 June 2026 | Ebola cases in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) have climbed to 782, with 181 deaths recorded, the Health Ministry has said, as the country battles a fast-spreading outbreak in a conflict-torn region. The ministry reported 72 new confirmed cases and 29 additional deaths on Sunday in its latest update on the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, bringing the case fatality rate from 21% to 23.…
Inside Ebola country: NPR reports from eastern DR Congo's outbreak zone
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an Ebola outbreak is reshaping life, with fear spreading faster than information and hospitals turning into places of urgent containment rather than care.
The number of confirmed cases of Ebola in the Congo now stands at 782, 181 of them dead, the Congolese Ministry of Health reported on Sunday evening in a statement published on social platform X.
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