NAIROBI, May 24. /TASS/. The number of deaths attributed to an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has exceeded 200, the Ministry of Communication and Media said on the X social network.
According to the official report, the outbreak affected three provinces - Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.
"A total of 204 probable deaths and 867 probable infection cases were registered," the ministry said.
By now, only 10 deaths and 91 cases have been confirmed by lab tests.
The epicenter of the outbreak is located in the province of Ituri, which borders Uganda, where at this point, one death and five suspected cases were registered.
