KINSHASA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- It was reported that the number of Ebola cases confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo reached 2,011, and 754 of these people lost their lives.
According to the statement made by health authorities on Tuesday, while the epicenter of the epidemic continues to be Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-Uele and Tshopo provinces are also among the regions affected by the epidemic.
In the statement, it was announced that 753 patients were kept in isolation and 366 people recovered.
According to the statement, the disease continues to spread intensively in Ituri, the center of the epidemic. The new cases detected in Haut-Uele reveal that the disease has spread further geographically. This highlights the urgent need to strengthen surveillance, diagnostic capacity and response preparations.
The statement emphasized that the epidemic is still in the "uninterrupted transmission" phase, characterized by a rapid increase in the number of cases.
Congo officially declared the epidemic caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus on May 15.