Ebola in the DRC: the toll exceeds 2,300 deaths, it is the most lethal

The Ebola epidemic affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has become the deadliest in the country's history, with over 2,300 deaths recorded, according to the latest toll published on Monday by the Congolese authorities.

The current outbreak has caused 2,325 deaths out of 4,945 confirmed cases, surpassing the 2018-2020 outbreak in eastern DRC, which resulted in 2,299 deaths out of 3,381 confirmed cases, according to these data.