Ebola in DRC: 10,467 cases and 5,103 deaths recorded
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Jornal F8 and Rádio Moçambique
The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed 5,103 people and caused 10,467 infections, according to the National Institute of Public Health, cited by Jornal F8 and Rádio Moçambique. The two media outlets report 45 deaths in the past 24 hours; Jornal F8 also reports 53 new cases. Ituri accounts for 70.8% of cases and the epidemic has surpassed the 2018–2020 toll.
The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed 5,103 people out of 10,467 recorded cases, according to the latest bulletin from the National Institute of Public Health (INSP). In the past 24 hours, 45 deaths and 53 new cases were recorded.
The case fatality rate stands at 48.8%. The INSP reports 980 patients hospitalised or isolated and 2,824 people who have recovered. Contact tracing coverage has reached 86.6%.
Eight provinces are affected, including Ituri, which accounts for 70.8% of cases. In total, 67 of the 178 health zones in those provinces have been affected. The epidemic is now the deadliest in the country’s history, surpassing the toll from 2018–2020, according to the INSP.
The figures update the toll of 10,351 cases and 5,026 deaths published on 1 November in a previous update on the Ebola epidemic in the DRC.
