At least 930 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, the country's Ministry of Health announced Monday, July 20, 2026, with 37 new deaths recorded in a single 24-hour window spanning Friday into Saturday, one of the highest daily tolls since the crisis began. The deaths have occurred among 2,344 laboratory-confirmed cases, a figure that the WHO has warned represents only a fraction of actual transmission, given significant surveillance gaps across the conflict-affected region.
According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 724 patients remain hospitalized in isolation as of the most recent data, while 466 have recovered. The outbreak was declared on May 15, 2026, and the WHO has characterized it as spreading faster than any previous Ebola outbreak on record.
