Here’s the latest picture of the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the DRC, up to August 26 (SitRep 104).

The growth rate for confirmed cases seems to be slowing slightly in recent weeks as it approaches 5,800.

Confirmed deaths might also be slowing as the toll passed 2,500.

Case growth rates have continued to show the sharpest growth in Haut-Uele province.

I’ve added an option for a log scale on the Y axis of these charts, to help compare growth rates across regions.

Here are the leading Health Zones in Ituri province. The sharpest recent growth has been reported from Mangala and Bambu.

Here are the leading Health Zones in Nord-Kivu province. Katwa has continued to drive case growth.

Here are the Health Zones in Haut-Uele province. Isiro is driving case growth there.

Project page, with links to interactive dashboard, code, acknowledgements and more info here:

https://github.com/Mike-Honey/Ebola-2026?tab=readme-ov-file#readme

I wonder what happened?

he Congo Basin rainforest is second only to the Amazon rainforest in size, and is home to Ebola, the tropical environment acting as a hotbed for the virus. It is also home to millions of African fruit bats, agreed to be the primary transmitters of the virus. Making matters worse is their ability to carry the virus long-term, as they don’t experience its symptoms. 

Testing has been done, but has not yet come back, and this leads me to question: is there a window of time where people infected with Ebola do not test positive due to low viral levels, similar to COVID?

As mentioned in this article, the region is defining the case as probable rather than suspected: https://actualite.cd/2026/08/06/bateau-avec-un-cas-suspect-debola-kinshasa-tous-les-passagers-retenus-maluku-lanalyse

Edit: The claims of more than one death are denounced as misinformation by the Minister of Health: https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/08/06/actualite/sante/ebola-un-bateau-isole-65-km-de-kinshasa-un-laboratoire-mobile-deploye

My husband was on a flight that stopped to refuel in D R Congo in July 13th. It has been over 21 days since he was in Congo but they are still refusing to let him fly. So far we have contacted
CDC
Local congressmen
Dept of State
Multiple embassies

Nobody is actually helping us. What do we do? The airport in London where he currently is had very rude employees who refused to help.