# The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced the number of confirmed Ebola cases had increased to 515 after 27 new samples tested positive in the previous 24 hours. Government data shows the confirmed cases include 91 deaths. The outbreak is concentrated in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu. Cases have spilled over into neighbouring Uganda, which has recorded 19 confirmed cases and two deaths. Cases have also been detected hundreds of kilometres away in the DRC’s densely populated capital of Kinshasa.
DRC says number of confirmed Ebola cases rose to 515