Kinshasa, Congo, Shawwal 28, 1435, August 24, 2014, SPA -- Two Ebola deaths have been confirmed in Congo, AP quoted the Congolese Health Minister as saying Sunday. Felix Kabange Numbi said that two of eight samples from the northwest Equateur province came back positive for the deadly disease. Congo has been hit by Ebola outbreaks seven times before, but the two deaths are the first ones in recent times, Numbi said. However, he said the infections were of a different strain than those in the outbreak in West Africa that has killed more than 1,400 people. A total of 2,615 Ebola infections and 1,427 deaths have been recorded in the outbreak now hitting West Africa, according to figures released Friday by the WHO. Sierra Leone has been hard-hit, with at least 910 cases and 392 deaths. Other affected countries include Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria. -- SPA 22:24 LOCAL TIME 19:24 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w