Latest Data Shows over 18,000 Cases, 6,000 Deaths from Ebola in West Africa
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ABC News(NEW YORK) — The latest data from the World Health Organization shows that the number of cases of Ebola in West Africa has surpassed 18,000, and the number of deaths is well over 6,000.
The latest release includes data from Guinea and Sierra Leone through Wednesday and from Liberia through Sunday.
Sierra Leone, which earlier this week overtook Liberia for the largest number of cases of Ebola, extended that gap in recent days. More than 8,000 cases of Ebola have now been reported in Sierra Leone, compared to 7,765 in Liberia.
Liberia has still reported the most deaths from the disease, 3,222 in total, compared to 1,899 in Sierra Leone and 1,462 in Guinea.
The three nations are the most severely impacted by the ongoing Ebola outbreak. The WHO notes that Mali is also involved in the outbreak, with seven confirmed cases and one probable case of the disease. Six Ebola patients have died in Mali.
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