Kinshasa, November 7, 2026 – The Europe Today: The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 5,198 out of 10,668 confirmed cases, the country’s Ministry of Health announced on Friday. This represents a case fatality rate of 48.7 percent.
In an update published on its website, the ministry said the figures reflected the situation as of November 3. The official count includes confirmed cases only. Suspected cases and deaths have been temporarily excluded pending further investigation and data standardisation.
Including cases in neighbouring countries, the outbreak has recorded 10,699 confirmed cases and 5,202 confirmed deaths, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Jean Kaseya, Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), had earlier warned that the virus poses a threat to neighbouring countries as transmission continues across the DRC.
The virus has already crossed borders. Uganda recorded 20 cases, almost all linked to travel from the DRC, before being declared Ebola-free in August. Kenya reported its first-ever Ebola cases in October, with nine infections and two deaths, and Nigeria has also reported a case.
The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, was declared on May 15. There is currently no approved vaccine or treatment for this strain, and health workers treat patients based on their symptoms. The virus has spread to eight of the DRC’s 26 provinces, including Ituri, North Kivu and Haut-Uélé.
It is the largest Ebola outbreak in the country’s history and the second-largest recorded worldwide, after the 2014–2016 epidemic in West Africa.
