# Congo’s Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in the country’s history, killing 2,325

https://mins.news/en/item/23730

- CNN, 2026-08-17 00:55 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/16/africa/drc-congo-ebola-deadliest-outbreak-latam-intl?Date=20260817&Profile=CNN

> Government data shows that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 2,325 people, surpassing the death toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak and becoming the deadliest in the country’s history.

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