Health● Elevated5d ago · Nov 2, 2026, 11:53 AM
Ebola fatality rate in DR Congo tops 50% as death toll reaches 5,372
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Africanews [en] · Sub-Saharan Africa
The death toll from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had reached 5,372 as of Friday, with a case fatality rate of 51.6%, according to new data.
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