Ebola cases in DR Congo top 3,200, nearing record of country’s worst outbreak

AP Associated PressSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-28 · 12:25 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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The Democratic Republic of Congo's current Ebola outbreak has reached 3,262 confirmed cases, according to the ministry of health. This figure is nearing the total of the country's largest recorded outbreak from 2018-2020, which saw over 3,400 cases. Of the current cases, 1,437 have resulted in death. Officials have described this outbreak as the fastest on record and it is primarily concentrated in the eastern Ituri province. The previous major outbreak, which also affected neighboring Uganda, lasted approximately two years and resulted in over 2,200 deaths.

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The 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda had over 3,400 reported cases and more than 2,200 deaths.

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1,437 patients have died out of the 3,262 confirmed Ebola cases.

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Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo have reached 3,262.

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The current Ebola outbreak is the fastest on record and is concentrated in the eastern Ituri province.

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Confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ongoing Ebola outbreak reached 3,262, its ministry of health said in an overnight update, nearly the same as the 2018-2020 outbreak that is the largest ever recorded in the country.Data from the Congolese health ministry showed that 1,437 patients have died out of the 3,262 cases, in what officials have said is the fastest Ebola outbreak on record, concentrated in the eastern Ituri province.The 2018-2020 outbreak that was recorded in Congo and neighbouring Uganda lasted roughly two years, with more than 3,400 reported cases, including over 2,200 deaths, according to the US Centres for Disease Control.

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