WHO Provides Ebola Update, Notes More Than 200 New Cases in West Africa
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iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MONROVIA, Liberia) — The World Health Organization provided another update on the spread of the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak on Wednesday, noting 221 new cases and 106 additional deaths between Aug. 17 and Aug. 18.
In total the WHO says, there have been 2,473 cases of Ebola reported. The disease has killed 1,350 people thus far in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
Of the new cases, they remain contained to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, with Liberia seeing the most new cases. Between Aug. 17 and 18, there were an additional 126 cases and 95 deaths reported in Liberia.
About 1,460 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the four countries, and 805 deaths confirmed related to the Ebola virus. The WHO also tallies “probable” and “suspected” cases of Ebola.
Also on Wednesday, the California Department of Public Health said that a possible Ebola patient in Sacramento is being considered a low-risk case, though blood samples were sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention out of an abundance of caution.
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