Ebola in DR Congo: 9,415 cases, 4,536 deaths and falling contact tracing
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Beto
The Congolese epidemiological bulletin records 9,415 confirmed Ebola cases and 4,536 deaths as of 16 October, with 67 new cases and 26 deaths in the latest 24-hour period covered. Contact tracing covered 79.1% of 33,125 contacts, below the 95% target, according to the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s National Institute of Public Health.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached 9,415 confirmed cases and 4,536 deaths, a fatality rate of 48.2%, according to epidemiological bulletin No. 155 from the National Institute of Public Health, covering data up to 16 October and published on 18 October 2026.
The bulletin records 67 new cases in 24 hours: 44 in Ituri, 14 in North Kivu, seven in Haut-Uélé and two in Nord-Ubangi. Twenty-six deaths were recorded over the same period, including 18 in the community and eight at treatment centres. The two cases in Nord-Ubangi, one of them fatal, were reported in the Wapinda health zone.
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