The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reports 1,048 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Bundibugyo region across the provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, with 267 deaths, representing a case fatality rate exceeding 25%.
Ituri is the epicenter, with 22 health zones affected. There have been 112 recoveries, 12 of them in the last 24 hours, and 371 patients are hospitalized or in isolation.
Surveillance efforts are being intensified, but insecurity and displacement are complicating containment.
