Ebola case count set to increase as Congo officials track hidden infections
The shift comes as confirmed cases climbed to 4,209 and deaths totaled 1,916, pushing the outbreak's crude case-fatality ratio to 45.5%.
The Ebola outbreak in Congo may worsen in the coming weeks as health officials conduct a massive search for undetected infections, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The organization is shifting from traditional contact tracing to door-to-door case finding in the worst-affected areas, where widespread community transmission suggests that almost anyone could have been exposed.
This intensified search is expected to boost the number of suspected cases reported daily, as thousands of community health workers uncover illnesses that the existing surveillance system has missed, said Wessam Mankoula, Africa CDC’s head of emergency preparedness and response, during a press conference last week.
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