Ebola Deaths Surpass 4,100 as Kenya Confirms Bundibugyo Strain — Outbreak Spreads to East Africa

Total confirmed Ebola deaths from the 2026 DRC-led Bundibugyo outbreak have surpassed 4,100 as Kenya confirmed its first imported case as the Bundibugyo strain — marking the variant's first documented spread to East Africa beyond the DRC-Uganda corridor. The Kenyan case, which resulted in the country's first-ever Ebola fatality (reported 6 October), has been laboratory-confirmed as BDBV, the same strain driving the DRC outbreak. Kenyan health authorities are conducting contact tracing and coordinating with WHO and Africa CDC. The regional spread underscores WHO's earlier high-risk cross-border transmission assessments.