The death rate from Ebola virus disease has exceeded 50% in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the National Institute of Public Health, which operates under the supervision of the country's Ministry of Health. The number of laboratory-confirmed Ebola cases reached 10,414, with 5,372 deaths, representing a mortality rate of 51.6%. In reports published by the Congolese Ministry of Health last week, the death rate was 48.6%. The institute's experts point out that the significant increase in the number of recorded deaths is due to a retrospective adjustment of the data, which was carried out jointly by a local data processing group and an outbreak response team in the Ituri district, and not a sudden increase in mortality that occurred in one day.

The death rate from Ebola virus disease has exceeded 50% in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the National Institute of Public Health, which operates under the supervision of the country's Ministry of Health. The number of laboratory-confirmed Ebola cases reached 10,414, with 5,372 deaths, representing a mortality rate of 51.6%. In reports published by the Congolese Ministry of Health last week, the death rate was 48.6%. The institute's experts point out that the significant increase in the number of recorded deaths is due to a retrospective adjustment of the data, which was carried out jointly by a local data processing group and an outbreak response team in the Ituri district, and not a sudden increase in mortality that occurred in one day.