The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become the deadliest in the country's history, with 2,325 deaths among 4,945 confirmed cases, according to government data released overnight into Monday and reported by the World Health Organization. The toll surpassed the 2,299 deaths recorded during the 2018 to 2020 epidemic, which had held the record.
What changed is not only the number. It is the speed. WHO describes this as the fastest-expanding Ebola outbreak ever documented. During the week of August 3 to 9, the outbreak recorded its highest weekly totals yet, 579 cases and 304 deaths.
