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Ebola kills 2,325 in record toll in DR Congo

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Ebola kills 2,325 in record toll in DR Congo

The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has caused 2,325 deaths, according to government data. The toll exceeds that of the 2018-2020 outbreak and is the highest recorded in the country’s history, according to Reuters.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has caused 2,325 deaths, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak, previously the deadliest in the country, according to the latest data from the Congolese National Institute of Public Health. The number of confirmed cases has reached 4,945, including 101 new cases recorded in 24 hours.

This 17th Ebola outbreak in the DRC is now the largest in the country’s history by number of cases, a threshold it crossed in late July. However, it remains behind the outbreak in West Africa between 2014 and 2016, which recorded 28,616 cases and 11,310 deaths. The Ebola outbreak in the DRC

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