The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has raised the death toll from Ebola to 247, with a total of 956 confirmed cases.
The case fatality rate is 25.8%. There are 316 patients in isolation and 92 have recovered.
The outbreak was declared on May 15 in Ituri and has spread to North Kivu, South Kivu, and Uganda, where 19 confirmed cases and two deaths have been reported.
The WHO considers the risk of further spread in sub-Saharan Africa to be high.
