The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 782 after 72 new cases ​were documented in 24 hours, one of the biggest single-day ⁠jumps during the ongoing outbreak, ​government data showed Sunday.

The confirmed Ebola ⁠cases include 181 deaths, according to the government's latest situation report.

The data shows that the outbreak, Congo's ​17th, remains confined to three provinces in the east: Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu. But it showed that cases had been confirmed ⁠for the first time in the ⁠Nia-Nia health zone in Ituri and ⁠the ⁠Mabalako health zone in North Kivu.

There are now confirmed cases in 20 of Ituri's 36 health zones and in 10 of ​North Kivu's 34 health zones, as well as in one health zone in ​South Kivu.