Ebola Death Rate in Congo Tops 50% After Hundreds of Deaths Added

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The fatality rate for confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now surpassed 50%. Health authorities recently added 314 previously unallocated deaths to the official toll in Ituri province, the epidemic's epicenter. This revision increased the reported case-fatality ratio to 51.6%, up from 48.6% just two days prior. The outbreak remains the largest in Congo's history and the second-largest globally, continuing to spread across multiple provinces.