Congo's Ebola Toll Passes 3,200 Deaths as the Outbreak Keeps Growing

As of September 7, Congo had reported 6,757 confirmed cases, including 3,267 deaths, across 61 health zones in six provinces, WHO said September 10. WHO pointed to persistent delays in detecting cases and getting patients to early care as reasons the death rate has stayed near 48 percent.

WHO declared the outbreak, first confirmed in May, a public health emergency of international concern on May 17. Bundibugyo virus is one of the Ebola viruses; there is no licensed vaccine for it, and it spreads through direct contact with the blood or body fluids of sick people.