The Ebola outbreak in Congo has caused 4,536 deaths.

The latest epidemic report released by the DRC Ministry of Health on the 18th shows that the country's current round of Ebola outbreak has spread to the eighth province, with the cumulative number of confirmed cases rising to 9,415 and 4,536 deaths. The report said that North Ubangi Province in the northwest of the country reported two confirmed cases for the first time, one of whom died. Both patients were males around 20 years old. As of the 16th, the outbreak had affected 66 health zones in 8 provinces of the country, with a cumulative total of 2,522 cured and a case fatality rate of about 48.2%. Among them, Ituri Province in the east remains the "epicenter" of the outbreak, with a cumulative total of 6,891 confirmed cases, accounting for about 73.2% of the country's total cases. Separately, the Kenyan Ministry of Health confirmed on the 17th that the country had 4 new cases of Bundibugyo ebolavirus, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 7, including 1 death. Kenya confirmed its first imported Ebola case on the 6th; the patient is a Kenyan citizen who had lived in the DRC for the previous 7 years.