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Health records · reviewed 05 Oct 2026

Currently infected · worldwideNot availableNo verified live global count

Reported cases · 2025183Suspected, including 113 reported confirmed

Reported deaths · 202531Not separated by confirmation status

The 2025 figures cover six reporting countries in WHO Table 9. They are not current infections or complete worldwide totals.

WHO · 25 Sep 2026

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WHO Table 9 · calendar year 2025
Country	Reported*	Reported confirmed	Deaths
DR Congo	54	54	1
Kenya	28	7	0
Madagascar	87	51	29
Uganda	0	0	0
China	0	0	0
Mongolia	14	1	1

*Suspected cases include probable and confirmed cases: do not add the columns. Classification varies; DR Congo’s matching categories do not prove universal laboratory confirmation. Missing countries are not zero reports.

MONGOLIA · 20 JULY 2026

1 confirmed case reported

Khovd event, confirmed by NCZD on 24 July. Active status and deaths not reported.

Official event report

RUSSIA · 05 OCTOBER 2026

Plague not confirmed

NCZD relays Russian investigation findings. Current plague cases and plague deaths are not established by this update.

Official NCZD update

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Under investigationReviewed 05 Oct 2026

Irkutsk / Shelekhov

A worker at an anti-plague institute died after an illness reported as pneumonia of unknown origin. Authorities report monitoring of contacts.

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