{"id":2000121969,"date":"2026-08-10T12:31:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000121969"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:32:27","slug":"drc-ebola-outbreak-death-toll-climbs-to-1916","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/drc-ebola-outbreak-death-toll-climbs-to-1916\/","title":{"rendered":"DRC Ebola outbreak death toll climbs to 1,916"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As of August 7, 2026, a total of 4,209 Ebola cases had been recorded, including 1,916 deaths, according to the latest figures released by INSP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report shows that 828 people had recovered from the disease, while 595 were either in isolation or receiving treatment at designated health facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ituri Province remains the epicentre of the outbreak, accounting for 86.5% of all reported cases. Meanwhile, South Kivu Province has gone 72 days without recording a new Ebola case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo ebolavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) says there is currently no licensed vaccine or specific treatment for this strain, although medical interventions are being tested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scale of the outbreak makes it one of the most serious Ebola outbreaks recorded in the DRC since the virus was first identified in 1976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WHO reported on July 30 that the number of cases in the current outbreak had already surpassed the total recorded during the 2018\u20132020 Ebola outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2018\u20132020 outbreak recorded 3,481 cases and claimed 2,299 lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More than 1,900 people have died from an Ebola outbreak that emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May 2026, according to the country\u2019s National Institute of Public Health (INSP).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000121970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[99],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000121969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-greatlakesnews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000121970,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/ebol-6-1354a.jpg","alt":"","caption":"1,916 people have died from Bundibugyo Ebola in DRC","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":666,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/ebol-6-1354a.jpg","width":1000,"height":666},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/ebol-6-1354a.jpg","width":1000,"height":666},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/ebol-6-1354a.jpg","width":1000,"height":666},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/ebol-6-1354a.jpg","width":1000,"height":666},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/ebol-6-1354a.jpg","width":1000,"height":666}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000121969","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=2000121969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000121969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000121971,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000121969\/revisions\/2000121971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000121970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000121969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000121969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000121969"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000121969"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000121969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}