According to the World Health Organization (WHO) online Ebola dashboard, the DRC confirmed 6 more Ebola cases yesterday, raising the overall outbreak total to 2,793. Health officials are still investigating 396 suspected cases. Only one new death has been recorded in the past 2 days, raising the fatality total to 1,867.
In its weekly outbreak overview yesterday the WHO noted 257 cases in the last 21 days, or an average of 86 cases per week in the past 6 weeks. The majority of recent cases have come from Beni (46%) and Mandima (23%).
(CC BY 2.0), flickr, DFID
Read more at CIDRAP…
The post Ebola outbreak grows by 6 in DRC appeared first on Healthier Environment Living Program.