The number of cases of the ongoing Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD), reached 8,728 and 4,205 confirmed deaths, as of October 6, this year.
The European Centre for disease prevention and control, released the data on Monday.
The largest outbreak is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), at Haut-Uélé, Tshopo, Bas-Uélé, Sud Ubangi, Ituri, and North Kivu.
On October 6, 2026, Kenya’s Ministry of Health confirmed the first case in that country, came from a citizen who traveled from the DRC through to Uganda and died in Nairobi on the 3rd of October.
The Centre also reported 2,356 people have recovered from the disease.
In Uganda, a total of 20 cases were reported between May and June 2026 by the Ministry of Health.
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