
The Ebola outbreak declared in mid-May in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has exceeded 8,300 deaths and is close to 8,000 confirmed cases, with 7,946 infections and 3,833 deaths according to the latest INSP bulletin, while Ituri continues to be the epicenter with 76.4% of the cases and saturated health centers.
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The Ebola outbreak declared in mid-May in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has exceeded 8,300 deaths and is close to 8,000 confirmed cases.
The Ebola outbreak declared in mid-May in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has already surpassed the threshold of 8,300 deaths, while it is close to 8,000 confirmed cases, amid concern about the spread of the disease despite the efforts launched to contain it, with support from the international community.
The National Institute of Public Health (INSP) has indicated in its latest bulletin that so far 7,946 infections and 3,833 deaths have been confirmed, including 56 infections and 34 deaths during the last 24 hours, with a cumulative fatality rate of 48.2%.
Likewise, he detailed that at this time there are 848 patients admitted or in isolation, while 2,001 have overcome the disease, with a follow-up rate of contacts of confirmed cases that currently amounts to 79.2%, decreasing in recent days.
The agency has reported that the province of Ituri - one of the seven affected, along with North Kivu, South Kivu, Tshopo, Alto Uélé, Bajo Uélé and Ubangi Sur - continues to be the epicenter of the outbreak, given that it accumulates 76.4% of the infections confirmed to date, including 62.5% of the cases documented during the last day in the African country.
On the other hand, he has recognized that one of the challenges at this time is the admission of new patients in the province of Ituri given the existing "limited capacities" and the fact that the health centers intended for the hospitalization of suspected cases in this area of the country are already "saturated."
The outbreak in the DRC is already the deadliest in the country's history, surpassing that recorded between 2018 and 2020, with projections suggesting that it could surpass that recorded between 2014 and 2016 in West Africa, which left 28,616 cases and 11,325 deaths in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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