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Congo reports more than 10,000 confirmed Ebola cases

The dated government tally underscores the scale of the outbreak.

By Ayal · October 27, 2026

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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s confirmed Ebola total reached 10,060, according to government figures reported by AP on October 27. The agency said nearly half of those confirmed patients had died.

The outbreak, declared in May, involves the Bundibugyo virus. AP reported that conflict, difficult roads and mistrust were complicating the response. The figures are a dated reported tally, not a live count; the accompanying laboratory image is not a sample from this outbreak.