The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Sunday raised the number of deaths to 1,887 and confirmed Ebola cases to 4,120 due to the outbreak declared in the east of the country on May 15.: DR Congo: Ebola Death Figure Rises to 1,887, Confirmed Cases to 4,120According to the latest bulletin published by the Congolese Ministry of Communication, with data collected up to August 6, the fatality rate is currently 45.8%. In addition, 721 patients are in “isolation or hospitalized” and 810 people have recovered from the disease, while the contact tracing rate is 83.7%. So far, five Congolese provinces have been affected by the Ebola outbreak: Ituri (epicenter of the outbreak), North Kivu, South Kivu, and Haut-Uélé (east), as well as Tshopo (north-central). “The epidemic remains concentrated in 53 health zones in 5 provinces, with Ituri as the main epicenter (86.5% of accumulated cases),” the Ministry noted. However, it is still far from being the worst Ebola epidemic in history, which took place in West Africa between 2014 and 2016 and caused some 11,000 deaths and 28,000 contagions.