Confirmed Ebola cases in DRC rise to 282

Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo], June 1: The Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced that the number of confirmed Ebola cases has risen to 282 following the detection of 19 new infections.
Data released by the Congolese Ministry of Communication and Media indicates that the outbreak remains concentrated in the eastern part of the country, with 264 cases recorded in Ituri province, 15 cases in North Kivu, and three cases in South Kivu.
The ministry further confirmed that the death toll among these laboratory-confirmed cases has reached 42.
Source: Emirates News Agency