Kenya's Ebola count hit seven on Oct 17, including three health workers. Does it reach eight by Oct 25?

Kenya's Ebola outbreak reached eight confirmed cases by October 25, 2026, clearing the threshold set in the question. The eighth case was confirmed October 18, when Kenya's Ministry of Health said a 49-year-old man who worked as a patient attendant, cleaning utensils and linens, tested positive after apparent exposure to the country's first patient, a traveler from the Democratic Republic of Congo who died in a Nairobi hospital on October 5. Three of the preceding cases were health workers who had treated that first patient. Health Director-General Patrick Amoth said the positive case came from a batch of 38 people tested that day. Authorities identified the circulating strain as Ebola-Bundibugyo, for which there is no approved vaccine or specific treatment, though its fatality rate runs lower than the more common Zaire strain. The Kenyan cluster is part of a wider regional outbreak centered in Ituri province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which accounts for roughly three-quarters of confirmed cases regionally, with additional infections, including one death, confirmed in DRC's Nord-Ubangi province. The community predicted this outcome with certainty: all forecasters expected the eighth case to be confirmed, and the outcome matched. Kenyan officials said the remaining patients were stable and under supportive care as contact tracing continued.