BUNIA, Congo: Ebola has killed more than 1,700 people in eastern Congo in the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease, data showed. As of Tuesday, 3,802 cases had been recorded, with 1,707 deaths, according to the latest government update. It is not clear when the outbreak will reach its peak, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said during his second visit to the town of Bunia near the outbreak’s epicenter on Tuesday. Kaseya cautioned that nearly 80 percent of new cases are not coming from contact tracing but instead from community spread.

As of Tuesday, 3,802 cases had been recorded

Ebola has killed over 1,700 people in eastern Congo, marking the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease