Congo is reporting 71 new Ebola cases in 24 hours, and rapid community transmission, while US CDC models for even low numbers of patients warns this could become one of the largest outbreaks recorded.

Fighting between armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo is making a bad situation worse

Despite the rapid spread, the risk to the U.S. remains low for now, agency says

New data brings total to 452 cases since outbreak began in May and 82 deaths

Experts said they hope the CDC report will help galvanize the response to the crisis.

Congo is reporting 71 new Ebola cases in 24 hours, and rapid community transmission, while US CDC models for even low numbers of patients warns this could become one of the…