The letter
Bulletin No. 119Situation as of 10 Sep 2026
Summary of the INSP bulletin, with each new release
The bulletin of 10 Sep 2026, published 11 Sep 2026, reports 80 new confirmed cases and 49 deaths. 80 cases is in line with the seven-day average of 83.7 a day. There is 1 new zone affected: Bulu (Sud-Ubangi); the outbreak now affects 62 zones in 7 provinces.
01The toll
Since the outbreak began, 7,022 confirmed cases and 3,398 deaths: 48.4% of patients have died. 1,671 people have recovered. 24 more than the day before. 837 patients are hospitalised in Ebola treatment centres. Over the past seven days, an average of 83.7 cases and 43.3 deaths a day, against 81.9 cases and 38.7 deaths the week before.
02Where
Nord-Kivu accounts for 43 of the 80 new cases. Then Ituri with 30, Haut-Uélé with 6 and Sud-Ubangi with 1. The other 3 provinces report none. 5 zones carry 40 of these 80 cases: Katwa 13, Bunia 10, Musienene 7, Lita 5 and Mongbwalu 5. 50 of the 62 affected health zones reported at least one new case in the past three weeks; 12 reported none.
03Deaths
Of the 49 deaths reported today, 31 occurred in the community, that is outside a treatment centre, and 18 in a treatment centre. Deaths outside a centre: 19 in Nord-Kivu, 11 in Ituri and 1 in Sud-Ubangi. Those in a treatment centre: 12 in Ituri, 4 in Haut-Uélé and 2 in Nord-Kivu. The 12 in Ituri have not yet been assigned to a specific health zone, like 415 deaths before them.
04The response
2,254 reports of possible patients ("alerts") were received; 1,846 were checked and 429 retained as suspected cases, to be tested. Sud-Kivu and Sud-Ubangi did not send its figures. Of 673 samples tested in the laboratory, 80 were positive, that is 11.9 %. This share reaches 31.6 % in Nord-Kivu. 87.6 % 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: Tshopo. Ebola treatment centres are 43.4 % full: 508 patients for 1,170 beds. Beyond capacity: Nord-Kivu, 311 patients, 141.4 % full. Safe burials, carried out by protected teams to avoid contagion: 158 deaths reported, 126 burials carried out, 105 bodies tested. Around new cases, 59 prevention rings were set up out of 119 expected, that is the disinfection of the home and the follow-up of relatives. Vaccination: 2,506 people have received the Ervebo vaccine since the campaign began on 26 Aug 2026: 2,006 in Tshopo and 500 in Bas-Uélé (figure of 5 Sep 2026). At control points on roads and at borders, 180,107 travellers passed through and 98.1 % had a temperature check.
05The difficulties encountered
In Ituri, six treatment centres remain full on the suspected-case side, 25 prevention rings out of 83 are open, 14 bodies could not be tested for lack of means, refusals of safe burial persist in four zones and the staff of five control posts are on strike over unpaid wages. Contact follow-up is below the threshold in 3 provinces out of 5. In Nord-Kivu, 10 homes out of 27 have been disinfected and teams still need training in five zones. In Tshopo, a confirmed patient who fled the treatment centre is still at home, the Makiso-Kisangani incinerator is broken and vaccination received only 4,500 doses out of 11,000 requested. In Haut-Uélé, communication staff have not been paid for two months. In Bas-Uélé, still no treatment centre or ambulance, and the Ervebo vaccine is lacking in Buta.