BUNIA - Congo's Ebola outbreak has passed 10,000 confirmed cases, according to government data shown Tuesday, as reported by The Associated Press and carried by The Hill. Health authorities are racing to slow the spread of the disease in multiple African countries, the report said. Read The Hill's report on the outbreak.

Chinedu Asadu and Constant Same Bagalwa of The Associated Press reported that the outbreak is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. Of the 10,060 cases confirmed to have the virus, nearly half have died, the AP report said, based on the figures summarized in the available text.

ABC News also reported that Congo's outbreak has topped 10,000 confirmed cases as authorities race to slow the spread across Africa. Read the ABC News wire report. Its summary did not give a separate case count.

The figures differ slightly across the reports. The Hill's headline and the ABC News summary both say the outbreak has topped 10,000 cases, while the AP report gives a confirmed total of 10,060. The summaries available for this story do not explain the difference between the two figures.

The reports also describe the same basic situation: authorities are working to slow transmission as the outbreak grows. The summaries do not name the other African countries affected or describe the specific response measures being taken. The AP attributed the case count to government data, and neither summary indicates that the count has been independently verified.

Sources: The Hill: Congo’s Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases as authorities race to slow the spread in African countries; ABC News: Congo’s Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases as authorities race to slow the spread.