PRETORIA, October 26. /TASS/. The number of laboratory confirmed deaths from the Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has exceeded 4,800, according the National Institute of Public Health, part of the DRC Health Ministry.

"The number of deaths from Ebola has reached 4,803," it said in a statement. "The number of infected people stands at 9,876. The mortality rate amounts to 48.6%."

The Ebola outbreak began on May 15 in the DRC and Uganda and became the second deadliest in the entire history of observations in Africa. Cases and deaths from Ebola were identified in eight DRC provinces.

Uganda said on July 28 that the outbreak had ended. On August 25, the World Health Organization confirmed this.

On October 6, Kenya registered the first Ebola case. Then, Nigeria reported the first case on October 20.

During the current Ebola outbreak, 9,907 people contracted the disease, and 4,807 died.