Table 2.

Ebola disease outbreaks by country (1976–2023) in Africa.

Country	Date of outbreak	Ebola virus	Case count	Case fatality rate (%)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)	August–September 2022	Zaire	1	1 (100)
	April–July 2022	Zaire	5	5 (100)
	October–December 2021	Zaire	11	9 (82)
	February–May 2021	Zaire	12	6 (50)
	June–November 2020	Zaire	130	55 (42)
	August 2018–June 2020	Zaire	3,481	2,299 (66)
	May–July 2018	Zaire	54	33 (61)
	May–July 2017	Zaire	8	4 (50)
	August–November 2014	Zaire	69	49 (71)
	June–November 2012	Bundibugyo	38	13 (34)
	December 2008–February 2009	Zaire	32	15 (47)
	August–November 2007	Zaire	264	187 (71)
	January–July 1995	Zaire	315	250 (81)
	June 1977	Zaire	1	1 (100)
	September–October 1976	Zaire	318	280 (88)
Gabon	October 2001–March 2002	Zaire	65	53 (82)
	July 1996 – January 1997	Zaire	60	45 (75)
	January–April 1996	Zaire	31	21 (68)
	November 1994–March 1995	Zaire	52	31 (60)
Guinea	February–June 2021	Zaire	23	12 (52)
Ivory Coast	May 1994	Taï Forest	1	0
Republic of the Congo	April–May 2005	Zaire	12	10 (83)
	November–December 2003	Zaire	35	29 (83)
	December 2002–April 2003	Zaire	143	128 (89)
	October 2001–March 2002	Zaire	57	44 (75)
South Africa	October–November 1996	Zaire	2	1 (50)
Sudan (South Sudan)	April–June 2004	Sudan	17	7 (41)
	July–October 1979	Sudan	34	22 (65)
	June–November 1976	Sudan	284	151 (53)
Uganda	September 2022	Sudan	36	23 (64)
	November 2012–January 2013	Sudan	6	3 (50)
	June–October 2012	Sudan	26	8 (31)
	May 2011	Sudan	1	1 (100)
	December 2007–January 2008	Bundibugyo	131	42 (32)
	October 2000–January 2001	Sudan	425	224 (53)
Multiple (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Italy, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, UK, and United States)	March 2014–June 2016	Zaire	28,610	11,308 (39)