{
  "meta": {
    "title": "Ebola Pulse — Global Bundibugyo Tracker",
    "snapshotDate": "2026-09-02",
    "snapshotLabel": "2 September 2026",
    "primarySource": "ECDC threat update relaying DRC Ministry of Health SitRep (data through 2 Sep 2026)",
    "sources": [
      "ECDC — Ebola disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo",
      "WHO Disease Outbreak News (DON 612 / DON 614)",
      "DRC Ministry of Health / INSP SitRep series",
      "Africa CDC continental response updates",
      "CDC Ebola situation summary"
    ],
    "disclaimer": "There is no second-by-second Ebola API. Official counts move when INSP publishes a SitRep and INRB transcribes it. This page pulls those CSVs on load and every 10 minutes. Recoveries / isolation still lag the case series."
  },
  "headline": {
    "confirmed": 6363,
    "deaths": 3074,
    "recovered": 1494,
    "isolation": 770,
    "cfr": 48.3,
    "healthZones": 60,
    "healthZonesTotal": 151,
    "provinces": 6,
    "pheic": true,
    "strain": "Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV)",
    "declared": "2026-05-15",
    "pheicDate": "2026-05-17"
  },
  "countries": [
    {
      "id": "drc",
      "name": "Democratic Republic of the Congo",
      "iso": "CD",
      "status": "active",
      "confirmed": 6342,
      "deaths": 3072,
      "recovered": 1475,
      "cfr": 48.4,
      "note": "17th Ebola outbreak in DRC. Largest ever recorded in the country."
    },
    {
      "id": "uganda",
      "name": "Uganda",
      "iso": "UG",
      "status": "ended",
      "confirmed": 20,
      "deaths": 2,
      "recovered": 18,
      "cfr": 10.0,
      "note": "15 imported, 5 secondary. Last confirmed case 21 Jun 2026. Outbreak declared over 22 Jul; WHO certified 26 Aug."
    },
    {
      "id": "france",
      "name": "France",
      "iso": "FR",
      "status": "imported",
      "confirmed": 1,
      "deaths": 0,
      "recovered": 1,
      "cfr": 0,
      "note": "Physician returning from Ituri. Isolated at Charles de Gaulle, 24 Jun 2026."
    }
  ],
  "provinces": [
    {
      "id": "ituri",
      "name": "Ituri",
      "lat": 1.56,
      "lng": 30.25,
      "city": "Bunia",
      "confirmed": 5164,
      "deaths": 2342,
      "cfr": 45.4,
      "zonesAffected": 28,
      "zonesTotal": 36,
      "share": 81.4
    },
    {
      "id": "north-kivu",
      "name": "North Kivu",
      "lat": -0.22,
      "lng": 29.23,
      "city": "Goma / Butembo / Beni",
      "confirmed": 913,
      "deaths": 614,
      "cfr": 67.3,
      "zonesAffected": 15,
      "zonesTotal": 34,
      "share": 14.4
    },
    {
      "id": "haut-uele",
      "name": "Haut-Uélé",
      "lat": 2.77,
      "lng": 27.62,
      "city": "Isiro",
      "confirmed": 236,
      "deaths": 103,
      "cfr": 43.6,
      "zonesAffected": 6,
      "zonesTotal": 13,
      "share": 3.7
    },
    {
      "id": "tshopo",
      "name": "Tshopo",
      "lat": 0.52,
      "lng": 25.19,
      "city": "Kisangani",
      "confirmed": 22,
      "deaths": 9,
      "cfr": 40.9,
      "zonesAffected": 7,
      "zonesTotal": 23,
      "share": 0.3
    },
    {
      "id": "bas-uele",
      "name": "Bas-Uélé",
      "lat": 2.8,
      "lng": 24.73,
      "city": "Buta",
      "confirmed": 4,
      "deaths": 3,
      "cfr": 75.0,
      "zonesAffected": 3,
      "zonesTotal": 11,
      "share": 0.1
    },
    {
      "id": "south-kivu",
      "name": "South Kivu",
      "lat": -2.51,
      "lng": 28.85,
      "city": "Bukavu",
      "confirmed": 3,
      "deaths": 1,
      "cfr": 33.3,
      "zonesAffected": 1,
      "zonesTotal": 34,
      "share": 0.05
    }
  ],
  "curve": [
    { "date": "2026-05-15", "label": "15 May", "confirmed": 80, "deaths": 30 },
    { "date": "2026-05-22", "label": "22 May", "confirmed": 246, "deaths": 90 },
    { "date": "2026-05-29", "label": "29 May", "confirmed": 420, "deaths": 150 },
    { "date": "2026-06-05", "label": "5 Jun", "confirmed": 620, "deaths": 220 },
    { "date": "2026-06-12", "label": "12 Jun", "confirmed": 820, "deaths": 300 },
    { "date": "2026-06-20", "label": "20 Jun", "confirmed": 1000, "deaths": 360 },
    { "date": "2026-06-27", "label": "27 Jun", "confirmed": 1280, "deaths": 430 },
    { "date": "2026-07-04", "label": "4 Jul", "confirmed": 1600, "deaths": 500 },
    { "date": "2026-07-13", "label": "13 Jul", "confirmed": 2000, "deaths": 720 },
    { "date": "2026-07-20", "label": "20 Jul", "confirmed": 2500, "deaths": 980 },
    { "date": "2026-07-24", "label": "24 Jul", "confirmed": 3000, "deaths": 1200 },
    { "date": "2026-08-01", "label": "1 Aug", "confirmed": 3748, "deaths": 1657 },
    { "date": "2026-08-07", "label": "7 Aug", "confirmed": 4200, "deaths": 1916 },
    { "date": "2026-08-17", "label": "17 Aug", "confirmed": 5000, "deaths": 2300 },
    { "date": "2026-08-26", "label": "26 Aug", "confirmed": 5794, "deaths": 2786 },
    { "date": "2026-09-02", "label": "2 Sep", "confirmed": 6342, "deaths": 3072 }
  ],
  "history": [
    { "year": "2013–16", "name": "West Africa", "strain": "Zaire (EBOV)", "cases": 28616, "deaths": 11310, "cfr": 39.5, "note": "Largest ever. Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone." },
    { "year": "2026", "name": "DRC / Uganda", "strain": "Bundibugyo (BDBV)", "cases": 6363, "deaths": 3074, "cfr": 48.3, "note": "Fastest large outbreak on record. Still active.", "active": true },
    { "year": "2018–20", "name": "Kivu / Ituri", "strain": "Zaire (EBOV)", "cases": 3470, "deaths": 2280, "cfr": 65.7, "note": "Previous DRC record. rVSV-ZEBOV deployed." },
    { "year": "2000–01", "name": "Uganda", "strain": "Sudan (SUDV)", "cases": 425, "deaths": 224, "cfr": 52.7, "note": "Gulu district." },
    { "year": "1995", "name": "Kikwit", "strain": "Zaire (EBOV)", "cases": 315, "deaths": 254, "cfr": 80.6, "note": "Urban hospital amplification." },
    { "year": "1976", "name": "Yambuku", "strain": "Zaire (EBOV)", "cases": 318, "deaths": 280, "cfr": 88.1, "note": "First identified outbreak. Named after the Ebola River." }
  ],
  "timeline": [
    { "date": "Jan–Feb 2026", "title": "Probable spillover", "body": "Models place the jump from wildlife into humans in Mongbwalu, Ituri — weeks before anyone named it." },
    { "date": "15 May 2026", "title": "DRC declares outbreak", "body": "Ministry of Health confirms Bundibugyo virus. Uganda reports an imported case the same week." },
    { "date": "17 May 2026", "title": "WHO declares PHEIC", "body": "Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Africa CDC follows with a continental emergency." },
    { "date": "20 Jun 2026", "title": "1,000 confirmed cases", "body": "Reached in ~40 days from response activation. The 2018 Kivu outbreak took ~235 days to hit the same mark." },
    { "date": "21 Jun 2026", "title": "Uganda’s last case", "body": "Twenty confirmed, two deaths. Last patient discharged 16 July. Outbreak later certified over." },
    { "date": "24 Jun 2026", "title": "Imported case in France", "body": "Physician returning from Ituri isolated after landing at Charles de Gaulle." },
    { "date": "Jul–Aug 2026", "title": "Six provinces", "body": "Ituri remains the engine. North Kivu’s CFR stays the highest. Cases reach Haut-Uélé, Tshopo, Bas-Uélé." },
    { "date": "1 Aug 2026", "title": "Largest DRC outbreak", "body": "WHO DON 614: confirmed caseload surpasses the 2018–20 Kivu epidemic." },
    { "date": "31 Aug 2026", "title": "3,000 deaths", "body": "DRC crosses three thousand confirmed deaths. Sixty of 151 health zones affected." },
    { "date": "2 Sep 2026", "title": "This snapshot", "body": "6,342 confirmed in DRC, 3,072 deaths, 1,475 recovered. Combined outbreak 6,363 / 3,074." }
  ]
}