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Ebola infections are slowing in parts of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo four months into the outbreak, but cases are climbing fast in North Kivu and the World Health Organization (WHO) says it is too early to declare that the epidemic has peaked.

Since the outbreak was officially declared on 15 May, 7,258 cases have been confirmed, including 3,510 deaths, while 1,726 people have recovered. The virus has now reached seven provinces.

Congolese Health Minister Samuel Kamba said on Saturday that the epidemic had passed its peak, pointing to a gradual slowdown in transmission since mid-August. Daily infections have fallen from around 120 new cases to nearly 80.

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There are also signs of improvement in Ituri province, the epicentre of the outbreak, which accounts for 78 percent of confirmed cases. Three health zones - Adja, Kambala and Mahagi - have gone 41 days without recording a new case, health officials at the African Union said.

But the WHO has stopped short of declaring that the outbreak has peaked, warning that improvements in some areas mask sharply different trends elsewhere.

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"Trends at the national level do not reflect trends at the provincial or local level," Olivier le Polain, head of the WHO's epidemiology and analysis unit, told reporters in Geneva.

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