{"id":"a3cf2b952dac","title":"Ebola outbreak in DR Congo exceeds 5,000 deaths","page":"https://247relaynews.com/story/a3cf2b952dac","feature":"Relay Continuum","about":"The living record of this story on 24/7 Relay News: every fact with its status and source, kept up to date and versioned.","version":"2.20261031153133","updated":"2026-10-31T15:31:33.102Z","status_key":{"Reported":"one newsroom","Corroborated":"two or more independent newsrooms","Confirmed":"backed by a primary source","Disputed":"newsrooms disagree; not settled","Updated":"replaced by a newer value","Corrected":"corrected by an editor"},"facts":[{"id":"cmvwk6ve6jfoqab","text":"10,351 people have been infected with Ebola in Congo.","status":"Reported","value":"10,351","subject":"Ebola infections Congo","reported":"2026-10-31 15:25:17.000","newsrooms":1,"primary_source":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/congos-ebola-deaths-top-5000-as-fear-of-continent-wide-spread-mounts","quote":"out of 10,351 infected","primary":false}]},{"id":"cmvwk6ve6bg0fwz","text":"The Ebola outbreak in Congo has a lethality rate of nearly 50%.","status":"Reported","value":null,"subject":"Ebola lethality rate","reported":"2026-10-31 15:25:17.000","newsrooms":1,"primary_source":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/congos-ebola-deaths-top-5000-as-fear-of-continent-wide-spread-mounts","quote":"at a nearly 50% lethality rate","primary":false}]},{"id":"cmvwk6ve6h8w2kq","text":"More than 5,000 people have died from Ebola in DR Congo.","status":"Reported","value":null,"subject":"Ebola deaths DR Congo","reported":"2026-10-31 15:16:20.000","newsrooms":1,"primary_source":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj5ynryyep2yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss","quote":"More than 5,000 die from Ebola in DR Congo's deadliest outbreak","primary":false}]},{"id":"cmvwk6ve6v9xi8l","text":"Over 10,000 people have contracted Ebola in DR Congo.","status":"Reported","value":null,"subject":"Ebola infections DR Congo","reported":"2026-10-31 15:16:20.000","newsrooms":1,"primary_source":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj5ynryyep2yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss","quote":"more than 10,000 people have contracted the rare virus","primary":false}]}],"changed":[{"id":"cmvwk6ve6xerjka","text":"Ebola has killed 5,026 people in Congo.","status":"Updated","value":"5,026","subject":"Ebola deaths Congo","reported":"2026-10-31 15:25:17.000","newsrooms":1,"primary_source":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/congos-ebola-deaths-top-5000-as-fear-of-continent-wide-spread-mounts","quote":"the disease has killed 5,026 people out of 10,351 infected","primary":false}],"replaced_by":"cmvwk6ve6jfoqab"}],"disagreements":[],"open_questions":["It is unclear how quickly the outbreak is spreading beyond the current regions, what the effectiveness of current containment measures is, and whether a vaccine or treatment is being widely deployed."],"answered_questions":[],"timeline":[{"at":"2026-10-31T15:31:33.102Z","kind":"new","summary":"Ebola has killed 5,026 people in Congo. The Ebola outbreak in Congo has a lethality rate of nearly 50%. More than 5,000 people have died from Ebola in DR Congo. Over 10,000 people have contracted Ebola in DR Congo."},{"at":"2026-10-31T15:31:33.102Z","kind":"update","summary":"Ebola infections Congo: 5,026 → 10,351 (PBS NewsHour; earlier: PBS NewsHour)"}],"relay_note":{"text":"The latest figures show the outbreak has more than doubled, with infections climbing from 5,026 to 10,351 cases, and deaths now reported as exceeding 5,000. Both PBS NewsHour and BBC News cite a lethality rate close to 50 percent and confirm the higher counts of infections and fatalities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.\n\nOne newsroom notes that it remains uncertain how fast the disease is moving beyond the current areas, how effective the containment actions are, and whether vaccines or treatments are being widely used.","updated":"2026-10-31T15:32:01.173Z","method":"Written by AI only from this record and checked sentence by sentence against it."}}