Ebola cases in DR Congo reach 8,728, deaths exceed 4,200
09:48, 9 October 2026
In its daily report, the institute said 63 new cases and 27 deaths had been recorded over the past 24 hours, while 10 people had recovered.
Earlier, Jean Kaseya, Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), warned of the risk of the virus spreading to neighbouring countries as it continues to spread across the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On October 6, Kenya confirmed its first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease, one day after a man died in a Nairobi hospital.