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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Constant Same Bagalwa and Wilson McMakin

Ebola cases in Congo top 3,200, nearing record of the country's worst outbreak

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Confirmed cases in Congo's ongoing Ebola outbreak have reached 3,262, its Ministry of Health said in an overnight update, nearly the same as the 2018-2020 outbreak that is the largest ever recorded in the country.

Data from the Congolese health ministry showed that 1,437 patients have died out of the 3,262 cases, in what officials have said is the fastest Ebola outbreak on record, concentrated in the eastern Ituri province.

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