2026 Ebola outbreak map and tracker
Reported cases, daily changes in reported cases, outbreak maps, timeline context, and Bundibugyo ebolavirus genomic surveillance.
Public health resources
Official outbreak information
Official case context
Country-reported case indicators
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) headline indicators and health-zone charts are generated from the INRB/UMIE BDBV2026-Data repository, using the build-2026-07-16-a44e864 data build. Uganda case and death counts are parsed from the Uganda Ministry of Health Ebola Updates dashboard.
Confirmed cases by country
Daily change and cumulative case curves use case report date. For DRC they are from this file, which aggregates data from the SitReps; for Uganda they are from the Ministry of Health Dashboard.
Negative bars represent retrospective corrections where a later report reduced the previously reported cumulative total.
Regional Outbreak Context
There are 5 affected provinces in the DRC: Ituri, North Kivu, Haut-Uele, Tshopo, South Kivu. They form a contiguous cluster. Cases are also reported in neighboring Uganda (20 confirmed as of 2026-07-16), which is shaded to show the connected cross-border outbreak area. Affected provinces border Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Central African Republic, Burundi, and Tanzania.
DRC Province-level data
Explore Democratic Republic of the Congo INSP confirmed case indicators by affected province and health zone.
DRC Ituri Cumulative Confirmed Cases by Health Zone
Cumulative Democratic Republic of the Congo INSP reported confirmed cases in Ituri. Select health zones to compare their trajectories.
Select health zones All combined
Axis rescaled for selected health zones.
DRC Ituri Province Health-Zone Case Distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo health zones are shaded by cumulative confirmed cases in the selected province.
DRC North Kivu Cumulative Confirmed Cases by Health Zone
Cumulative Democratic Republic of the Congo INSP reported confirmed cases in North Kivu. Select health zones to compare their trajectories.
Select health zones All combined
Axis rescaled for selected health zones.
DRC North Kivu Province Health-Zone Case Distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo health zones are shaded by cumulative confirmed cases in the selected province.
DRC Haut-Uele Cumulative Confirmed Cases by Health Zone
Cumulative Democratic Republic of the Congo INSP reported confirmed cases in Haut-Uele. Select health zones to compare their trajectories.
Select health zones All combined
Axis rescaled for selected health zones.
DRC Haut-Uele Province Health-Zone Case Distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo health zones are shaded by cumulative confirmed cases in the selected province.
DRC Tshopo Cumulative Confirmed Cases by Health Zone
Cumulative Democratic Republic of the Congo INSP reported confirmed cases in Tshopo. Select health zones to compare their trajectories.
Select health zones All combined
Axis rescaled for selected health zones.
DRC Tshopo Province Health-Zone Case Distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo health zones are shaded by cumulative confirmed cases in the selected province.
DRC South Kivu Cumulative Confirmed Cases by Health Zone
Cumulative Democratic Republic of the Congo INSP reported confirmed cases in South Kivu. Select health zones to compare their trajectories.
Select health zones All combined
Axis rescaled for selected health zones.
DRC South Kivu Province Health-Zone Case Distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo health zones are shaded by cumulative confirmed cases in the selected province.
DRC headline indicators and confirmed health-zone breakdowns are sourced from the INRB/UMIE BDBV2026-Data repository.
Genomic surveillance context
Bundibugyo ebolavirus public sequence dashboard
In the DRC, scientists from the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) began sequencing immediately, and sharing interpretation through multiple channels such as LinkedIn (see post to the right) and Virological. Scientists at the Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL), Kampala - Uganda have also completed sequencing and shared data. Sequence data from both countries is being shared in near real-time through Pathoplexus.
It is thanks to these scientists doing good work and sharing it rapidly that I am able to aggregate and share the visuals here. Thank you!
160 sequences from the current outbreak are available from 2 countries (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda) with a collection-to-release turnaround time range of 1 -58 days (median 30 days) . Sequences from the current outbreak were submitted by Pathogen Genomic Lab, INRB (126), Central Public Health Laboratories, Uganda (20), Pathogen Genomic Lab (13), Charite Virology (1).
Phylogenetic context
The embedded Nextstrain build shows available Bundibugyo ebolavirus genomes with tips colored by outbreak. Explore the complete analysis in the full Nextstrain Bundibugyo ebolavirus build . For more information on how to interpret phylogenetic trees like the one below, see the Applied Genomic Epidemiology Handbook section on phylogenetic trees.
Built from the GenomicEpi Ebola workflow, a fork of nextstrain/ebola.
This embedded view shows only the tree panel; use the full Nextstrain build for map, metadata, and other Nextstrain views.
Data use and acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the authors, originating laboratories, and submitting laboratories of the genetic sequences and metadata for sharing their work. Please be kind and follow the data use terms applicable to each sequence, and err on the side of being collaborative.
Analysis
Our bioinformatic processing workflow can be found at github.com/genomicepi/ebola, which is a fork of github.com/nextstrain/ebola. The only modifications were to metadata, colors, and display defaults.
Underlying Data
This build uses Bundibugyo ebolavirus records shared through Pathoplexus. All sequences used in this build are available through Pathoplexus SeqSet PP_SS_2047.
Some data in this build may be RESTRICTED-USE, meaning use in preprints or publications is restricted. Please see the Pathoplexus Data Use Terms for more details.
Additional outbreak context and sequence announcements are available in this virological post.
Screenshots may be used under a CC-BY-4.0 license with attribution to GenomicEpi and nextstrain.org.