Seventy (70) new confirmed cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)—including 11 community deaths—were recorded over the past 24 hours. The provinces of Ituri and North Kivu reported 31 confirmed cases each, with 6 cases in Haut-Uélé, 1 in Bas-Uélé, and 1 in Tshopo.
On the same day, 9 deaths were recorded in Ebola Treatment Centers (ETCs) (6 in Ituri and 3 in North Kivu), bringing the total number of confirmed deaths for the day to 20.
Conversely, 15 patients (7 in Ituri, 5 in North Kivu, and 3 in Haut-Uélé) were declared recovered after testing negative for EVD twice.
Since the start of the epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 7,890 confirmed cases—including 3,799 deaths—have been reported, representing a case-fatality rate of 48.1%. Ituri province remains the epicenter, accounting for 76.5% of reported confirmed cases and 44.3% of new confirmed cases.
No new health zones have been affected in the past 24 hours. Thus, 63 out of 167 health zones (37.7%) across 7 provinces have been affected since the start of the epidemic. Ituri has 28 affected health zones out of 36, followed by North Kivu (16/34), Haut-Uélé (7/13), Tshopo (7/23), Bas-Uélé (3/11), South Kivu (1/34), and South Ubangi (1/16).