DR Congo Ebola death toll rises to 170
The health ministry said in a bulletin they had recorded 267 cases including 170 deaths.
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Authorities had put the toll at 164 on Friday.
In mid-October, Congolese authorities said they were facing a "second wave" of the outbreak centred on Beni, a town in North Kivu province near the border with Uganda.
The epicentre had earlier been focused on Mangina, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Beni.
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The latest outbreak is the 10th in DR Congo since Ebola was first detected there in 1976.
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