In brief
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ministry of Public Health reports that the Ebola outbreak that began on May 15 has now claimed more than 5,000 lives, with 10,274 confirmed cases and 4,992 deaths as of October 28, 2026. The fatality rate remains at 48.6%, and the disease has spread beyond the DRC to Uganda and Kenya.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare announced that the Ebola outbreak that began on May 15 has resulted in over 5,000 deaths.
According to a bulletin released by the ministry, there have been 10,351 confirmed cases and 5,026 confirmed deaths, yielding a fatality rate of 48.6%.
The outbreak originated in the DRC and spread to Uganda, where Ugandan authorities declared the epidemic ending on July 28; the World Health Organization confirmed the end of the outbreak on August 25.
In Kenya, the first Ebola case was confirmed on October 6; the patient, a Kenyan national who had previously lived in the DRC, died on October 5. By October 19, a total of eight cases had been detected in Kenya.
On October 28, the China‑Africa bureau of Xinhua reported that the DRC had recorded 10,274 confirmed cases and 4,992 deaths, with a case‑fatality rate of 48.6%.
