Every Affected Country

Every country with a recorded human Ebola case since 1976, including imported cases and laboratory exposures, grouped by region. Entries for the 2026 epidemic are updated with each report; historical entries are settled.

Africa 14 countries

DR CongoActive, 17th outbreak

9,552 confirmed cases and 4,602 deaths in the 2026 Bundibugyo epidemic as at 18 October, a case fatality ratio of 48.2 percent, across eight provinces. The DRC has recorded 17 outbreaks since the virus was identified at Yambuku in 1976, more than any other country.

First reported 1976
Where Ituri; North Kivu; Yambuku; Kikwit; Bulape

IturiNorth KivuSouth KivuHaut-UeleTshopoBas-UeleSud-UbangiNord-Ubangi

UgandaDeclared over 28 Jul 2026

20 confirmed cases and 2 deaths in 2026, contained in 74 days with no community transmission. Earlier outbreaks include Gulu in 2000, with 425 cases, and three Sudan virus outbreaks since 2022.

First reported 2000
Where Kampala; Mubende; Bundibugyo; Gulu

KampalaWakisoMubendeBundibugyo

KenyaNine cases, 20 Oct 2026

Nine confirmed cases and one death in 2026. The first, confirmed 6 October, was a Kenyan man who travelled from the DRC by road to Kampala, flew to Nairobi on 3 October and died there. Eight contacts, relatives and health workers who fell ill in quarantine, were confirmed from 14 to 20 October. Kenya had not recorded an Ebola case before.

First reported 2026
Where Nairobi

Nairobi

SudanHistorical, source of Sudan virus

The 1976 Nzara outbreak (284 cases, 151 deaths) was one of the two simultaneous outbreaks that first identified Ebola; recurrences in 1979 and 2004

First reported 1976
Where Nzara; Maridi; Yambio

GuineaHistorical, epicentre of the West Africa epidemic

Index country of the 2013 to 2016 West Africa epidemic, the largest on record; a 2021 resurgence was traced to a survivor still shedding virus about five years later

First reported 2013
Where Gueckedou; N'Zerekore

LiberiaHistorical

One of the three worst-affected countries in the West Africa epidemic

First reported 2014
Where Monrovia; Lofa

Sierra LeoneHistorical

One of the three worst-affected countries in the West Africa epidemic; Bombali virus, a sixth Ebola species with no known human cases, was found in bats here in 2018

First reported 2014
Where Kenema; Freetown

GabonHistorical

Three outbreaks between 1994 and 1997, several traced to contact with infected primates

First reported 1994
Where Mayibout; Booue; Makokou

Republic of CongoHistorical

Outbreaks in 2001 to 2003 and 2005, linked to the Gabon border region

First reported 2001
Where Mbomo; Kelle; Etoumbi

Cote d'IvoireHistorical, single case

One case, a scientist infected during a chimpanzee necropsy in Tai National Park; the only recorded human Tai Forest virus infection, and the patient survived

First reported 1994
Where Tai National Park

NigeriaImported case, 20 Oct 2026

One imported case confirmed in Abuja on 20 October 2026, a woman with recent travel to Uganda, with 44 contacts monitored. In 2014, 20 cases followed a single infected traveller's arrival in Lagos; that outbreak was contained within three months and is widely cited as a model response

First reported 2014
Where Abuja; Lagos; Port Harcourt

MaliHistorical, imported

8 cases imported during the West Africa epidemic

First reported 2014
Where Bamako; Kayes

SenegalHistorical, imported and contained

1 imported case, no onward transmission

First reported 2014
Where Dakar

South AfricaHistorical, laboratory acquired

1 case, a nurse infected while treating a patient evacuated from Gabon

First reported 1996
Where Johannesburg

Europe 7 countries

GermanyImported 2026, resolved

2 humanitarian workers medically evacuated from DR Congo and treated in Berlin; both recovered. Also the site of the original 1967 Marburg outbreak, a related filovirus

First reported 2026
Where Berlin; Marburg

FranceImported 2026, resolved

1 doctor infected on a humanitarian mission in DR Congo, confirmed 24 Jun 2026 and discharged 4 Jul

First reported 2026
Where Paris

NetherlandsImported 2026, under treatment

1 MSF doctor infected on the DRC response, positive on 29 Sep 2026 and evacuated to Leiden on 1 Oct for treatment

First reported 2026
Where Leiden

SpainHistorical, imported

1 secondary infection in a nurse who treated a repatriated missionary, the first Ebola transmission recorded outside Africa

First reported 2014
Where Madrid

United KingdomHistorical, imported and laboratory

1 laboratory infection from a needlestick in 1976; imported cases in returning healthcare workers during the West Africa epidemic

First reported 1976
Where London; Glasgow

ItalyHistorical, imported

1 imported case in a returning healthcare worker; also a 1992 Reston virus event in imported monkeys, which caused no human illness

First reported 2015
Where Rome; Siena

RussiaHistorical, laboratory acquired

2 fatal laboratory infections, in 1996 and 2004, both from needlestick injuries

First reported 1996
Where Sergiev Posad; Koltsovo

North America 1 country

United StatesHistorical, imported and Reston

4 imported or locally transmitted cases during the West Africa epidemic, including 2 nurses infected in Dallas; separately, Reston virus events in imported monkeys from 1989, which caused seroconversion but no illness

First reported 1989
Where Dallas; Reston; New York

Southeast Asia 1 country

PhilippinesReston virus only, no human illness

Repeated Reston virus events in monkey export facilities and pig farms; workers seroconverted but none became ill. Reston is the only Ebola species not known to cause human disease

First reported 1989
Where Manila; Laguna

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Africa 14 countries

Europe 7 countries

North America 1 country

Southeast Asia 1 country