On the 17th Africa CDC director Kaseya said current data do not confirm the
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has peaked and that the
situation remains uncontrolled. Kaseya said the epidemic curve in the DRC is
broadly slightly down but unstable. A DRC health ministry report dated the 15th
shows 7,404 confirmed cases and 3,577 deaths (case fatality rate 48.3%). The
outbreak has spread to 62 health zones across seven provinces, with Ituri
province accounting for about 77.7% of confirmed cases.
