More Than 1,000 Confirmed Ebola Cases in Congo Outbreak, Authorities Say

About 25 percent of confirmed patients have died.

The body of a person who died from Ebola is handled at a cemetery in Bunia, Congo, on June 19, 2026. Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty Images

More than 1,000 people have been infected with Ebola in Congo in one of the largest outbreaks of Ebola in world history, authorities in the central African country said on June 21.

There are now 1,003 cumulative confirmed cases, Congo’s Ministry of Communications said in an update on Sunday.