{"id":764052,"date":"2026-07-15T09:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/764052\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:11:10","slug":"confirmed-ebola-cases-top-2000-in-congo-including-754-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/764052\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed Ebola cases top 2,000 in Congo, including 754 deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUNIA, Congo (AP) \u2014 The confirmed cases of Ebola in Congo have reached 2,011, including 754 deaths, according to government data released overnight in what authorities say is the fastest-growing outbreak on record.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 753 people remain in isolation or in hospitals, while 366 have so far recovered, according to data from Congo\u2019s Ministry of Health. <\/p>\n<p>Contact tracing remains a challenge, with coverage of those exposed still at 67%.<\/p>\n<p>The Central African nation has been battling the Ebola outbreak caused by the rare <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ebola-bundibugyo-virus-outbreak-congo-baf5f9861a896ca027a9e40524d42e74\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bundibugyo virus<\/a> since May 15.<\/p>\n<p>Two months since the onset, the outbreak continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/congo-ebola-outbreak-who-a9093ea39928bfa3f2f0e5aa13c506bb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spread faster than health officials can track<\/a> despite an expanding response. At least 80% of new cases are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUNIA, Congo (AP) \u2014 The confirmed cases of Ebola in Congo have reached 2,011, including 754 deaths, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[326787,326788,1927,18606,326786,326785,2724,4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-764052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-ap-online-health-and-medical-news","tag-ap-online-top-international-headlines","tag-ap-top-news","tag-ap-top-news-l-twc-regions","tag-ap-top-news-health","tag-ap-top-news-international","tag-associated-press","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}