Congo: Ebola death toll rises to 5,340
Qiyas summary
The Congolese Ministry of Health announced that the death toll has risen to 5,340 cases out of 10,351 confirmed infections.
Translated by Qiyas from النهار — Original source
The death toll from Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached 5,340 among 10,351 confirmed cases, as of October 29. The DRC Ministry of Health stated on its website that the case fatality rate stands at 51.6 percent of all confirmed cases. Earlier, Jean Kaseya, Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, warned that the Ebola virus poses a threat to neighboring countries as the outbreak continues to spread across the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
