Congo’s Ebola cases have crossed 11,000 cases in another development that shows the severity of the outbreak.
The latest Health Ministry data on Wednesday (November 11, 2026) showed 11,042 people have been infected by the deadly virus that has now killed 5,387, nearly half of those infected, in the country’s deadliest outbreak. The Bundibugyo virus responsible for this outbreak has no known vaccine or treatment and has spread to the eight of the country’s 26 Provinces. Dozens of Ebola outbreaks have been reported since the disease was first discovered in 1976. The largest and deadliest occurred in West Africa from 2014 to 2016, with 28,000 infections and more than 11,000 deaths.
Since the outbreak was declared mid-May, Congolese authorities have struggled to contain it due to a series of factors including conflicts and a health system crisis.
The current outbreak already ranks second, and has had at least three times the number of cases and deaths in the time since it was declared compared with the West Africa outbreak.
Health officials declared the outbreak in May, but medical evidence suggests infections were occurring months earlier.
