DRC Ebola Outbreak Becomes Deadliest in Country History With 4945 Cases and 2325 Deaths as Case Fatality Rate Climbs to 46 Percent

Congo's National Public Health Institute reported Sunday that the Ebola outbreak has killed 2,325 people, surpassing the 2,299 deaths from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country's history 123. Confirmed cases have risen to 4,945, including 101 detected in the prior 24 hours, and the case fatality ratio has climbed from about 20 percent in early June to 46 percent 12. UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said Friday the outbreak is "the fastest growing on record" and appealed for "speed, scale, and solidarity" 1. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday the outbreak is on track to eclipse the 2014-2016 West African epidemic that killed more than 11,000 people, the deadliest Ebola outbreak on record 1. MSF public health specialist Thomas Parisch said many cases are still being detected too late for treatment to succeed, as the outbreak reached 2,000 deaths in under three months versus nearly five months for the West African epidemic to reach 1,000 123.