DRC's Ebola outbreak kills more than 1,000, with children hit hardest

Health workers disinfect a coffin of an Ebola victim at Ebola Treatment Center at Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, DR Congo, on 22 July, 2026. AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonn - Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne

More than 1,030 people have died from an Ebola outbreak declared in May in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, as confirmed cases in the DRC surpassed 2,530, according to government data.

Fifty new Ebola cases were detected on Monday in the eastern DRC provinces of Ituri and North Kivu, the country's public health institute said in its latest report, as the outbreak declared in May continues to accelerate.