Overview
- Health authorities revised totals to 10,414 confirmed infections and 5,372 deaths, giving a reported case‑fatality ratio of about 51.6%.
- A retrospective records review in Ituri added 314 earlier deaths and helped drive the upward revision to the national toll.
- The epidemic now affects eight provinces and 67 health zones, with dozens of new confirmed infections reported each day.
- Operational response is constrained by attacks on health workers, unpaid strikes, fuel and supply shortages and a concurrent large cholera epidemic.
- Experimental vaccine trials have begun enrollment and countries have tightened cross‑border measures, including new U.S. traveler attestations for recent DRC visitors.