TABLE 1.

Country-Specific Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Timeline

YearCountryCases, No.Deaths, No.CFR, %
1976DRC31828088.1
1976Sudan28415153.2
1977DRC11100.0
1979Sudan342264.7
1994Gabon523159.6
1994Ivory Coast100.0
1995DRC31525480.6
1996Gabon312167.7
1996Gabon604575.0
1996South Africa11100.0
2000Uganda42522452.7
2002Gabon655381.5
2002Congo594474.6
2003Congo14312889.5
2003Congo352982.9
2004Sudan17741.2
2005Congo121083.3
2007DRC26418770.8
2007Uganda1493724.8
2008DRC321443.8
2011Uganda11100.0
2012Uganda241770.8
2012Uganda7457.1
2012DRC572950.9
2014Nigeria20840.0
2014Mali8675.0
2014Senegal100.0
2014USA4125.0
2014UK100.0
2014DRC694971.0
2014Spain100.0
2015Italy100.0
2014–2016Guinea3,8112,54366.7
2014–2016Liberia10,6754,80945.0
2014–2016Sierra Leone14,1243,95628.0
2017DRC8450.0
2018DRC543361.1
2018–2020aDRC3,4622,26765.5
Total 1976–2020 34,62615,26644.1
  • Abbreviations: CFR, case fatality rate; DRC, the Democratic Republic of the Congo; UK, United Kingdom.

  • a Until March 4, 2020.