{"id":2000122827,"date":"2026-08-17T10:42:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000122827"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:45:01","slug":"dr-congo-ebola-death-toll-reaches-2272","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/dr-congo-ebola-death-toll-reaches-2272\/","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo: Ebola death toll reaches 2,272"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a statement issued on August 16, 2026, the authorities said the outbreak is currently affecting six provinces, although its spread remains limited to 55 health zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The affected provinces are Bas-U\u00e9l\u00e9, Haut-U\u00e9l\u00e9, Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu and Tshopo. Among them, Ituri remains the province most affected by the outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the outbreak began, a total of 4,843 people have been confirmed to have contracted Ebola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of those, 777 people are currently in isolation or receiving treatment in health facilities, according to the latest update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The death toll stands at 2,272, representing 46.9 percent of the confirmed cases. Meanwhile, 1,006 people have recovered from the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health authorities have continued efforts to identify and monitor people who may have been in contact with confirmed Ebola patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact tracing activities have so far reached 83.2 percent, as health teams continue surveillance in affected communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authorities are also maintaining efforts to identify potential contacts and monitor them as part of measures aimed at containing the outbreak and preventing further transmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have reported that the Ebola outbreak has claimed 2,272 lives since it was declared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":2000122828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[99],"byline":[201],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000122827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-greatlakesnews","byline-rania-umutoni"],"bylines":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":2000122457,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-14-at-12.00.00-PM.jpeg","title":"WhatsApp Image 2026-08-14 at 12.00.00 PM","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"},"user_id":139}],"contributors":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":2000122457,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-14-at-12.00.00-PM.jpeg","title":"WhatsApp Image 2026-08-14 at 12.00.00 PM","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"},"user_id":139}],"featured_image":{"id":2000122828,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/abapfa_bishwe_na_ebola_muri_rdc_bangana_na_46_9_by_ababa_bayanduye-812eb.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":453,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/abapfa_bishwe_na_ebola_muri_rdc_bangana_na_46_9_by_ababa_bayanduye-812eb.jpg","width":1000,"height":453},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/abapfa_bishwe_na_ebola_muri_rdc_bangana_na_46_9_by_ababa_bayanduye-812eb.jpg","width":1000,"height":453},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/abapfa_bishwe_na_ebola_muri_rdc_bangana_na_46_9_by_ababa_bayanduye-812eb.jpg","width":1000,"height":453},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/abapfa_bishwe_na_ebola_muri_rdc_bangana_na_46_9_by_ababa_bayanduye-812eb.jpg","width":1000,"height":453},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/abapfa_bishwe_na_ebola_muri_rdc_bangana_na_46_9_by_ababa_bayanduye-812eb.jpg","width":1000,"height":453}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000122827","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\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000122827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000122827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000122853,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000122827\/revisions\/2000122853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000122828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000122827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000122827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000122827"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000122827"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000122827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}