10,920 Ebola cases in Congo, and 10,070 contacts with no recorded check
The latest verified government count records 10,920 cases and 5,323 deaths. Ituri and North Kivu carry most of the burden, while too many contacts are going without follow-up.
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Congo's Ebola outbreak reached 10,920 confirmed cases in the Health Ministry's November 7 tally, with infections still rising and contact monitoring falling short of the response's targets.
The ministry recorded 5,323 deaths and 41 new cases in the preceding 24 hours. Ituri accounted for 24 of those new cases, North Kivu for 12 and Haut-Uélé for five. WHO described transmission as sustained at a high level in its November 6 update.
The outbreak, caused by Bundibugyo virus and declared on May 15, is the largest Ebola disease outbreak recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the World Health Organization. Its reach makes finding exposed people and checking them daily a central task of containment.
The latest government figures show how much of that work is going unfinished. The ministry listed 23,276 contacts as seen out of 33,346, a follow-up rate of 69.8%. That left 10,070 listed contacts without a recorded check in that tally.
A later total above 11,000 has not been verified. The ministry also notes discrepancies in its detailed death and recovery figures and an incomplete care tally. Its November 7 situation report remains the latest verified government count.
The Daily Inference reported on October 31 that government figures put deaths at 5,026 as responders struggled to find infections early. The November 7 total adds 297 recorded deaths to that count.
