Ebola cases in Uganda have risen to nine, while 265 other people were being monitored under quarantine, health authorities said Tuesday. The nine include the first victim, a male nurse who died the day before the outbreak was declared on Jan.

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to nine from three, the country's health ministry said.

Uganda’s Health Ministry has confirmed nine Ebola cases in the country. The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to nine, with one confirmed death, the country’s Ministry of Health has said.