[The cumulative number of confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo exceeds 6,900] On September 12, a reporter from the main station learned on September 11, local time, that the latest data from the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo showed that as of now, the country has a total of 6,942 confirmed cases of Ebola in this round of Ebola epidemic, including 3,349 deaths. The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo said that a case of Ebola has been confirmed in South Ubangi Province in the northwestern part of the country, becoming the seventh province to be affected by the epidemic. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently stated that the epidemic is accelerating its spread beyond the core epidemic areas. The number of new cases and deaths in Ituri Province, the epicenter of the epidemic, has declined recently, but the number of new cases and deaths in North Kivu and Haut-Uélé provinces has increased significantly. (CCTV News)