Should you worry about the Ebola outbreak? Here’s what the numbers tell us

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The largest outbreak was in West Africa in 2014-16. More than 28,600 cases were reported, but only 15,261 were confirmed; there were more than 11,000 deaths.

There was another large outbreak in the DRC in 2018-20, with 3,481 cases and 2,299 deaths in the DRC, according to WHO. A few cases were also reported across the border in continue reading …