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Congo says more than 1,000 die of Ebola, confirmed cases rise to 2,536

FILE PHOTO: Congo Ebola outbreak cases are 'top of the iceberg', coalition says
FILE PHOTO: Congolese health workers receive a patient at the Rwampara General Hospital in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 21, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer//File Photo

NAIROBI, July 23 (Reuters) - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 2,536, including 1,033 deaths, government data showed late on Wednesday. The country's public health institute said in its latest report that 50 new cases were detected on Monday in the eastern provinces of Ituri and North Kivu. (Reporting by Vincent Mumo Nzilani; Editing by

NAIROBI, July 23 (Reuters) - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 2,536, including 1,033 deaths, government data showed late on Wednesday.

FILE PHOTO: Cut off from Kinshasa, Congo's AFC/M23 rebels built their own Ebola response
FILE PHOTO: A member of the M23 rebel group stands guard as provincial authorities visit the Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB), where samples from suspected Ebola cases are tested, as part of the response to the epidemic in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo

The country's public health institute said in its latest report that 50 new cases were detected on Monday in the eastern provinces of Ituri and North Kivu.

(Reporting by Vincent Mumo Nzilani; Editing by George Obulutsa)

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