Reported Ebola cases jump to 13,703, WHO reports

Thursday, October 30, 2014
By Paul Martin

By Christine Mai-Duc
LATimes.com
Oct. 29, 2014

The World Health Organization says the number of reported Ebola cases has surpassed 13,700, a jump of more than 30% since the last numbers were released four days ago.

Dr. Bruce Aylward, assistant director-general of the WHO, said the big increase in cases is likely because of previous under-reporting.

As of today, there have been 13,703 reported cases of Ebola, the organization tweeted, with 13,676 of those in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the three most affected countries in this outbreak.

The fatality rate in those countries has remained consistently around 70%, Aylward said.

Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Aylward said there is some indication that safe burials and education efforts in Liberia are helping bring the numbers down, but he cautioned against assuming that Ebola was coming under control there or in any of the three countries most affected by the disease.
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“Getting a slight decrease in the number of cases on a day-to-day basis versus getting this thing closed out is a completely different ballgame,” Aylward said, adding that he is “terrified” people will misinterpret the data and think officials are successfully containing the disease.

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