Ebola Deaths Surpass 2,000 in Congo
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has described this as the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on the continent.
TL;DR
- Ebola fatalities in Congo have surpassed 2,000.
- The United Nations describes it as the fastest-spreading Ebola epidemic.
- As of August 9th, 4,381 cases were identified, with 2,011 deaths.
- The case fatality rate is 45.9 percent.
- Contact tracing rate is 86.7 percent.
- 704 patients are currently in isolation or hospitalized.
- 869 people have been cured.
- The disease has been identified in Haut-Uélé, Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, and Tshopo provinces.