By Clement Bonnerot and AyenDeng Bior
July 31 (Reuters) – The Ebola outbreak is the second largest on record globally, government data showed on Friday, as transmission continues to outpace efforts to contain the disease.
Congo reported 3,532 cases on Friday, surpassing the total 3,481 cases recorded during the 2018-20 outbreak. Total deaths stood at 1,556, the Central African country’s communications ministry said on X.
Only West Africa’s 2014-16 outbreak was larger, with 28,616 cases and 11,310 deaths recorded across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organization.
(Additional reporting by Fiston Mahamba and Anait Miridzhanian; Editing by Alexander Winning and Jessica Donati)
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