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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
Most recent notice

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Outbreaks reported by month (Year to date)

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Source: WHO public dataLast updated

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

A bar chart of the number of matching notices by country.

Notices by country
CountryNotices
Democratic Republic of the Congo6
United States2
Saudi Arabia1
Russia1
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Outbreak notices

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Update 65 - Situation in Toronto

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Update 67 - SARS resolution approved, situation in Taiwan

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-multi-country outbreak - Update 53

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Meningococcal disease in Niger

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Multi-country outbreak - Update 42

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-multi-country outbreak - Update 56

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Update 78 – Situation in Toronto

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Update 93 – Toronto removed from list of areas with recent local transmission

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Suspected acute haemorrhagic fever syndrome in the Republic of the Congo

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

2002 - West Nile virus in Canada - Update 9

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - multi-country outbreak - Update 25

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) case in southern China

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Update 79 – Situation in China

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Influenza in Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Update 73 - No new deaths, but vigilance needed for imported cases

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Cholera in Liberia - Update 3

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - multi-country outbreak - Update 22

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Update 76 - Situation in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

2002 - West Nile virus in Canada - Update 7

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Imported case of Lassa fever in United Kingdom

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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