Over 200 confirmed Ebola deaths
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Over 200 confirmed Ebola deaths in Congo-Kinshasa, Africa CDC confirms

The Ebola epidemic in Congo-Kinshasa has claimed over 200 lives, the African Union's disease control agency, Africa CDC, confirms.

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The agency's official death toll on Thursday was 202. A total of 875 cases have been confirmed, meaning the mortality rate is estimated at 23 percent.

The undercount is feared to be substantial, and the outbreak may have lasted longer than the CDC's mid-May confirmation of the outbreak.

The current outbreak of hemorrhagic fever involves the Bundibugyo variant.

AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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