DR Congo: reported ministry Ebola tally passes 5,000 deaths

The Congolese health authorities’ tally reported on 31 October 2026 reaches 5,026 deaths among 10,351 cases since the Ebola outbreak began.

Electron micrograph of an Ebola virus from 1976. — Archival thematic illustration showing neither 2026 patients nor the attacked centre. CDC / F. A. Murphy, public domain. — CDC / Dr. Frederick A. Murphy — domaine public — micrographie de 1976, redimensionnement uniquement

These are cumulative figures since mid-May, not infections and deaths from the past 24 hours.

The published data does not provide each person’s infection or death date. Its release updates the tally but does not by itself measure the current speed of transmission.

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AP — Congo’s Ebola deaths top 5,000
Le bilan des décès dus au virus Ebola dépasse les 5 000 en RDC

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