World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that more than 900 suspected Ebola cases have been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid ongoing containment efforts.

In a post on social media, Tedros said health authorities have so far recorded more than 900 suspected cases, including 101 laboratory-confirmed infections.

He explained that the increase in detected cases is linked to intensified surveillance and epidemiological investigations as part of the response to the outbreak.

The WHO chief did not provide an updated death toll related to the current outbreak.

The World Health Organization had previously declared the outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern.