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Ebola counts rise; Florida dengue signal grows; Irkutsk still unconfirmed

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Official Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease figures for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda rose by 20 confirmed cases and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours, and media also described spread to Lubero plus 1 confirmed case in Kayna health zone, unverified. Dengue reporting also moved up with unverified Florida reports of 44 more local confirmed cases, reaching 296, and spread to an eighth affected county. Media attention increased again around the Irkutsk laboratory death, while England's egg-linked Salmonella investigation continued through secondary reports.

The widest gaps remain in Ebola and Irkutsk. For Ebola, officials report 8,748 confirmed cases and 4,208 deaths, while media report 17,125 confirmed cases and 8,204 deaths, unverified. In Irkutsk, officials report 0 confirmed cases and 0 suspected cases, while media report 3 deaths, 397 contacts under observation and 189 hospitalised, unverified. In England's Salmonella outbreak, no direct primary official public case total was retrieved here; media reports cite 36 confirmed cases, 72 hospitalised patients and 1 death.

Watch for further official Ebola updates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and any clearer Uganda total, for the final laboratory diagnosis in Irkutsk, and for primary official dengue updates in Florida and elsewhere. High or elevated watch items remain cholera, diphtheria in sub-Saharan Africa, Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, measles resurgence, antimicrobial resistance, respiratory season, chikungunya in France, chikungunya in Nicaragua, dengue, filoviruses, poliovirus, yellow fever in Colombia, and mpox.