Ebola outbreak in Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history

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 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.