News• October 27, 2026 • By Staff Writer

Ebola cases in DR Congo surpass 10,000 in fastest-growing outbreak

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Nearly half of the people confirmed to have the virus have died in DRC’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.

Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have surpassed 10,000 as the outbreak continues to spread across the country and beyond its borders.

Government data released on Tuesday put confirmed cases at 10,060 and deaths at 4,887.

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It is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in the country’s history and nearly half of the 10,060 confirmed to have the virus have died, according to data from the DRC’s Ministry of Public Health. That

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