# DR Congo records over 6,000 confirmed Ebola cases

https://mins.news/en/item/41336

- CGTN, 2026-08-31 11:42 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-31/news-1Q3R7ED5ywM/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded 6,041 confirmed Ebola cases and 2,911 deaths, putting the case fatality rate at 48.2%. The outbreak has spread across 60 health zones in six provinces, with 1,366 recoveries, and is described as the country's largest and deadliest Ebola epidemic on record.

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