Ebola outbreak in Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history
Government data shows that 2,325 people have died from the disease, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed 2,325 lives, according to government data released on Sunday, surpassing the death toll from the previous outbreak in 2018-2020 to become the deadliest in the country's history. The Public Health Institute of Congo reported that the number of confirmed cases had risen to 4,945, with 101 new cases detected in the past 24 hours.
This outbreak, Congo's 17th, had already set a record for the largest number of cases in the nation's history, reached in late July. The latest government figures indicate that the total death count has now surpassed the 2,299 deaths recorded during the 2018-2020 outbreak, which was previously the worst in Congo's history.
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