{"id":2000119179,"date":"2026-07-13T09:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000119179"},"modified":"2026-07-13T09:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:10:52","slug":"dr-congo-reports-ebola-cases-in-5-provinces-caseload-nears-1900","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/dr-congo-reports-ebola-cases-in-5-provinces-caseload-nears-1900\/","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo reports Ebola cases in 5 provinces, caseload nears 1,900"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The report, covering data through Friday, listed Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-Uele and Tshopo as affected provinces. Haut-Uele and Tshopo were included in the national situation report for the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigations indicate that the cases detected in the two provinces were epidemiologically linked to the outbreak epicenter in Ituri province through contacts and population movements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report said 763 patients were in isolation or receiving hospital treatment, while the overall bed occupancy rate at treatment facilities stood at 95.1 percent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of 306 people have recovered, while 299 suspected cases, including 91 deaths, have been recorded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo ebolavirus, was declared on May 15. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A staff wears personal protective equipment (PPE) while working at the hospital in Mongbwalu, Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 26, 2026. \/VCG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported Ebola cases in five provinces, with the nationwide tally rising to 1,873 confirmed cases, including 672 deaths, according to a report released Sunday by the country’s health authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000119182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[151,99],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000119179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-editors-choice","tag-greatlakesnews","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000119182,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/51d3e9f1548941599bbc9e262a290490-750.png","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/png","width":750,"height":422,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/51d3e9f1548941599bbc9e262a290490-750.png","width":750,"height":422},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/51d3e9f1548941599bbc9e262a290490-750.png","width":750,"height":422},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/51d3e9f1548941599bbc9e262a290490-750.png","width":750,"height":422},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/51d3e9f1548941599bbc9e262a290490-750.png","width":750,"height":422},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/51d3e9f1548941599bbc9e262a290490-750.png","width":750,"height":422}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000119179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000119179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000119179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000119184,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000119179\/revisions\/2000119184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000119182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000119179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000119179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000119179"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000119179"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000119179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}