The letter
Bulletin No. 110Situation as of 1 Sep 2026
Summary of the INSP bulletin, with each new release
64 new cases, 32 deaths
The bulletin of 1 Sep 2026, published 2 Sep 2026, reports 64 new confirmed cases and 32 deaths. 64 cases is below the seven-day average of 76.7 a day. No new health zone since 26 Aug 2026: the outbreak remains in 60 zones across 6 provinces.
Since the outbreak began, 6,250 confirmed cases and 3,039 deaths: 48.6% of patients have died. 1,439 people have recovered. 30 more than the day before. 869 patients are hospitalised in Ebola treatment centres. Over the past seven days, an average of 76.7 cases and 42.1 deaths a day, against 72.1 cases and 38.3 deaths the week before.
02 Where
Ituri accounts for 39 of the 64 new cases. Then Nord-Kivu with 20, Haut-Uélé with 4 and Tshopo with 1. The other 2 provinces report none. 5 zones carry 31 of these 64 cases: Rwampara 7, Bunia 6, Mangala 6, Nizi 6 and Butembo 6. 51 of the 60 affected health zones reported at least one new case in the past three weeks; 9 reported none.
03 Deaths
Of the 32 deaths reported today, 25 occurred in the community, that is outside a treatment centre, and 7 in a treatment centre. Deaths outside a centre: 13 in Ituri and 12 in Nord-Kivu. Those in a treatment centre: 6 in Ituri and 1 in Haut-Uélé. The 6 in Ituri have not yet been assigned to a specific health zone, like 339 deaths before them.
04 The response
1,705 reports of possible patients ("alerts") were received; 1,632 were checked and 348 retained as suspected cases, to be tested. Sud-Kivu did not send its figures. Of 484 samples tested in the laboratory, 63 were positive, that is 13.0 %. This share reaches 18.1 % in Nord-Kivu. 89.0 % of the people who had been close to a patient (the "contacts") were seen by follow-up teams, above the 85% threshold the INSP has set itself. Fewer than three contacts in four were seen in the following provinces: Bas-Uélé. Ebola treatment centres hold 64 patients per 100 beds: 869 patients for 1,368 beds. Beyond capacity: Nord-Kivu, 232 patients for 220 beds. Safe burials, carried out by protected teams to avoid contagion: 136 burials carried out and 116 bodies tested. The 126 deaths reported do not come from the same provinces: not all of them publish these figures, and the three numbers are not comparable. Around new cases, 19 prevention rings were set up out of 45 expected, that is the disinfection of the home and the follow-up of relatives. Vaccination: 142 people have received the Ervebo vaccine since the campaign began on 26 Aug 2026: 122 in Tshopo (figure of 27 Aug 2026) and 20 in Bas-Uélé (figure of 26 Aug 2026).
05 The difficulties encountered
In Ituri, prevention rings are set up around 42.2% of new cases; 17 patients refused to be hospitalised, 42 bodies could not be tested because families objected, and residents resist in Bambu, Mandima and Fataki; the Bambu and Nizi centres and the Kigonze and Lolwa transit centres are full; four control points are closed by a strike of unpaid staff and 2 suspected patients ran away at night from the Mangala hospital. In Nord-Kivu, 6 homes disinfected out of 21, some centres hold more patients than they have beds, and officials refuse to follow the health rules at control points. In Haut-Uélé, four control points did not send their figures and at the Magambe point 3% of travellers refuse the temperature check and 13% hand-washing. In Sud-Kivu, still no place to isolate a patient at entry points. In Tshopo, residents oppose investigations, tests and transfers to the centre, and no psychological support worker is present in Wanie-Rukula and Bafwasende.