Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history
Benediction Murhabazi/AFP/Getty Images Reuters — The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 2,325 people, government data showed on Sunday, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country’s history.
The proportion of people dying from the outbreak after a confirmed infection, known as the case fatality ratio, has risen from about 20 percent in early June to 46 percent, according to government data, meaning nearly one in every two confirmed cases is now fatal.“Normally, as an outbreak progresses, the case fatality ratio should fall as contact tracing improves and patients are identified and treated earlier,” said Thomas Parisch, a public health specialist recently deployed to Democratic Republic of Congo with Médecins Sans Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders.
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