506 people die from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo


07/06/2026

According to EFE, citing government statistics, 506 individuals have now succumbed to the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.



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There have been 1,561 confirmed cases, showing a mortality rate of 32.4%. A total of 628 patients have been admitted to the hospital, with 253 having made a recovery.

The Ebola outbreak was announced on May 15 in Ituri, a province in Congo that shares borders with Uganda and South Sudan.

Since then, it has extended to the eastern Congolese provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu, in addition to Uganda, where 20 cases have been confirmed and two fatalities have occurred.

source: efe.com