Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to 3,200, including 1,405 deaths

FILE PHOTO: Congolese health workers receive a patient at the Rwampara General Hospital as authorities intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain outbreak in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 21, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

DAKAR, ⁠July ⁠26 (Reuters) - The ‌number of confirmed ​Ebola ⁠cases ⁠in the Democratic ⁠Republic ‌of ⁠Congo ​has ‌increased to ⁠3,200, ​including ⁠1,405 deaths, ​government data showed ⁠on Sunday.

(Reporting ​by ⁠Congo newsroom; ​Editing ‌by ​Christian Schmollinger)