SriLanka, July 29 -- Ebola cases in DR Congo have reached 3,262 - making it the 'fastest outbreak on record', according to officials.



An overnight update from the country's ministry of health revealed that 1,437 patients of the 3,262 cases had died.



Officials have said it is the fastest outbreak on record and has almost equalled the 2018-2020 outbreak, the largest ever recorded in the country.



That outbreak in DRC and neighbouring Uganda lasted roughly two years, with more than 3,400 reported cases, including over 2,200 deaths, according to the US Center for Disease Control.



The current wave of cases is centred in DRC's eastern Ituri province.



"The fact that, in just 10 weeks, we have reached nearly the same number of ...