Five people who recovered from Ebola, including a healthcare worker, were discharged from treatment centres in Béni (a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) on Sunday, marking what health officials called a "momentous day" for the outbreak response. The milestone came, however, as authorities confirmed the outbreak has surpassed 6,000 total cases and 2,911 deaths, making it the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in DRC history. The World Health Organization has warned that the crisis — fuelled by armed insecurity, mass displacement, and a healthcare workers' strike — is on track to surpass the 2014–2016 West Africa outbreak, the deadliest on record, which killed more than 11,000 people.