The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 782 after 72 new infections were recorded within 24 hours — one of the biggest single-day increases since the outbreak began, government data showed on Sunday.
The confirmed cases include 181 deaths, according to the government’s latest situation report.
The data shows that the outbreak, Congo’s 17th, remains confined to three eastern provinces: Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu.
But it showed that cases had been confirmed for the first time in the Nia-Nia health zone in Ituri and the Mabalako health zone in North Kivu.
There are now confirmed cases in 20 of Ituri’s 36 health zones, 10 of North Kivu’s 34 health zones, and 1 health zone in South Kivu.
