The World Health Organization announced on May 29 the discharge of the first confirmed Ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of Congo following two negative tests on May 27. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain, has recorded 125 confirmed cases and 17 confirmed deaths alongside over 900 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths. The confirmed-case fatality rate stands at 24.6 percent, below the strain's historical potential of up to 50 percent.