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Outbreak notice totals

All-time counts across every WHO Disease Outbreak News bulletin in Public Health Trace.

3,200

Total noticesEvery WHO Disease Outbreak News bulletin

Case total not available

Confirmed casesSum of reported illnesses

131

Countries affected

October 15, 2026

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Source: WHO public dataLast updated October 21, 2026 ET

Summary (Year to date)

27 outbreaks have been reported year to date.
Sep 2026 was 33% lower than the previous complete period (Aug 2026: 3).
The highest complete period was May 2026 (7).
Oct 2026 is incomplete and not included in the figures above.

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Notices by country
Country	Notices
Democratic Republic of the Congo	6
United States	2
Saudi Arabia	1
Russia	1

Outbreak notices

Global Notice Global Historical notice

2002 - Acute respiratory syndrome in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - multi-country outbreak - Update 13

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - multi-country outbreak - Update

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Multi-country outbreak Update 40

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Diphtheria in Afghanistan

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-multi-country outbreak - Update 51

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - multi-country outbreak - Update 20

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Influenza A(H5N1) in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China – Update 2

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - multi-country outbreak - Update 29

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Cholera in Liberia - Update 5

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Update 86 - Hong Kong removed from list of areas with local transmission

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Cholera in Liberia

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Update 90 – Case in Japan discarded, criteria for removal from the list of countries with recent local transmission

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - multi-country outbreak - Update 2

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the Republic of the Congo - Update 10

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Yellow fever in Sierra Leone

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Multi-country outbreak - Update 44

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) multi-country outbreak - Update 10

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - multi-country outbreak - Update 24

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - multi-country outbreak - Update 19

Start date: June 7, 2021
Last updated: July 21, 2026 ET

Data last updated: October 21, 2026 ET

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