The letter
Bulletin No. 120Situation as of 11 Sep 2026
Summary of the INSP bulletin, with each new release
The bulletin of 11 Sep 2026, published 12 Sep 2026, reports 91 new confirmed cases and 39 deaths. 91 cases is in line with the seven-day average of 84.4 a day. No new health zone since 10 Sep 2026: the outbreak remains in 62 zones across 7 provinces.
01The toll
Since the outbreak began, 7,113 confirmed cases and 3,437 deaths: 48.3% of patients have died. 1,692 people have recovered. 21 more than the day before. 855 patients are hospitalised in Ebola treatment centres. Over the past seven days, an average of 84.4 cases and 43.3 deaths a day, against 82.4 cases and 38.9 deaths the week before.
02Where
Nord-Kivu accounts for 50 of the 91 new cases. Then Ituri with 33, Haut-Uélé with 6, Tshopo with 1 and Bas-Uélé with 1. The other 2 provinces report none. 5 zones carry 45 of these 91 cases: Katwa 14, Bunia 12, Beni 9, Mongbwalu 5 and Butembo 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 39 deaths reported today, 32 occurred in the community, that is outside a treatment centre, and 7 in a treatment centre. Deaths outside a centre: 25 in Nord-Kivu, 6 in Ituri and 1 in Haut-Uélé. Those in a treatment centre: 3 in Nord-Kivu, 3 in Ituri and 1 in Tshopo. The 3 in Ituri have not yet been assigned to a specific health zone, like 427 deaths before them.
04The response
1,923 reports of possible patients ("alerts") were received; 1,658 were checked and 372 retained as suspected cases, to be tested. Sud-Ubangi did not send its figures. Of 493 samples tested in the laboratory, 91 were positive, that is 18.5 %. 87.5 % 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. Ebola treatment centres are 44.0 % full: 516 patients for 1,172 beds. Beyond capacity: Nord-Kivu, 317 patients, 139.0 % full. Safe burials, carried out by protected teams to avoid contagion: 134 deaths reported, 117 burials carried out, 101 bodies tested. Around new cases, 64 prevention rings were set up out of 127 expected, that is the disinfection of the home and the follow-up of relatives. Vaccination: 2,653 people have received the Ervebo vaccine since the campaign began on 26 Aug 2026: 2,153 in Tshopo and 500 in Bas-Uélé (figure of 5 Sep 2026). At control points on roads and at borders, 269,580 travellers passed through and 97.7 % had a temperature check.
05The difficulties encountered
In Ituri, six treatment centres remain full on the suspected-case side, 26 prevention rings out of 71 are open, the staff of three control posts are on strike over unpaid wages and insecurity still blocks the Avakubi post. Contact follow-up is slipping in Tshopo. In Nord-Kivu, the centres are overflowing (139% occupancy), nearly one patient in two is treated outside a CTE and 10 homes out of 13 have been disinfected. In Tshopo, a confirmed patient who fled the centre is still at home, the Makiso-Kisangani incinerator is still broken and the Bafwasende vaccination site is not open. In Haut-Uélé, no communication material is left, and psychosocial staff are unpaid. In Bas-Uélé, still no treatment centre and no ambulance, and the Ervebo vaccine is out of stock in Buta.