The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 2,325 people, government data ?showed on Sunday, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country¡¯s history.
Congo¡¯s public health institute said in its latest report that confirmed cases had risen to 4,945, including 101 new cases detected in the previous 24 hours.
The outbreak, Congo¡¯s 17th, was already the biggest in ?the country¡¯s history in terms of number of cases ¡ª a milestone reached in late July. The ?latest ?government data shows that the total number of deaths has surpassed the 2,299 deaths ?recorded in Congo¡¯s 2018-2020 outbreak, which was previously the country¡¯s worst on record.
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