Ebola outbreaks: number of cases reported
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Other
1976
1976
Ebola first identified:
318 cases reported
in DRC (then Zaire),
88% of which were
fatal; 282 cases in
Sudan
1985
1995
1995
315 cases,
81% fatal
2000
425 cases
in Uganda
2005
2014-16
West African epidemic:
28,610 cases and
11,308 deaths in
Guinea, Liberia,
Sierra Leone*
2015
2018-20
3,524 cases,
66% fatal
2025
2026
4,665 cases,
2,184 deaths
Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC)
Other
1976
1976
Ebola first identified: 318 cases
reported in DRC (then Zaire),
88% of which were fatal;
282 cases in Sudan
1985
1995
1995
315 cases,
81% fatal
2000
425 cases
in Uganda
2005
2014-16
West African epidemic:
28,610 cases and 11,308
deaths in Guinea, Liberia,
Sierra Leone*
2015
2018-20
3,524 cases, 66% fatal
2025
2026
4,665 cases,
2,184 deaths
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Other
2018-20
3,524 cases, 66% fatal
1976
Ebola first identified:
318 cases reported in DRC
(then Zaire), 88% of which
were fatal; 282 cases in Sudan
1995
315 cases,
81% fatal
2000
425 cases
in Uganda
2014-16
West African epidemic:
28,610 cases and 11,308 deaths
in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone*
2026
4,665 cases,
2,184 deaths
1976
1985
1995
2005
2015
2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
2018-20
3,524 cases, 66% fatal
Other
1976
Ebola first identified: 318 cases reported in
DRC (then Zaire), 88% of which were fatal;
282 cases in Sudan
1995
315 cases,
81% fatal
2000
425 cases
in Uganda
2014-16
West African epidemic:
28,610 cases and 11,308 deaths in
Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone*
2026
4,665 cases,
2,184 deaths
1976
1985
1995
2005
2015
2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Other
1976
1976
Ebola first identified:
318 cases reported
in DRC (then Zaire),
88% of which were
fatal; 282 cases in
Sudan
1985
1995
1995
315 cases,
81% fatal
2000
425 cases
in Uganda
2005
2014-16
West African epidemic:
28,610 cases and
11,308 deaths in
Guinea, Liberia,
Sierra Leone*
2015
2018-20
3,524 cases,
66% fatal
2025
2026
4,665 cases,
2,184 deaths
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Other
1976
1976
Ebola first identified: 318 cases
reported in DRC (then Zaire),
88% of which were fatal;
282 cases in Sudan
1985
1995
1995
315 cases,
81% fatal
2000
425 cases
in Uganda
2005
2014-16
West African epidemic:
28,610 cases and 11,308
deaths in Guinea, Liberia,
Sierra Leone*
2015
2018-20
3,524 cases, 66% fatal
2025
2026
4,665 cases,
2,184 deaths
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Other
2018-20
3,524 cases, 66% fatal
1976
Ebola first identified:
318 cases reported in DRC
(then Zaire), 88% of which
were fatal; 282 cases in Sudan
1995
315 cases,
81% fatal
2000
425 cases
in Uganda
2014-16
West African epidemic:
28,610 cases and 11,308 deaths
in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone*
2026
4,665 cases,
2,184 deaths
1976
1985
1995
2005
2015
2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
2018-20
3,524 cases, 66% fatal
Other
1976
Ebola first identified: 318 cases reported in
DRC (then Zaire), 88% of which were fatal;
282 cases in Sudan
1995
315 cases,
81% fatal
2000
425 cases
in Uganda
2014-16
West African epidemic:
28,610 cases and 11,308 deaths in
Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone*
2026
4,665 cases,
2,184 deaths
1976
1985
1995
2005
2015
2025