Ebola virus death toll nears 8,500 – WHO

Itar-Tass.com
January 15, 2015

GENEVA, January 14. /TASS/. The number of people killed by the Ebola virus has reached 8,429, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report Wednesday.

A total of 21,296 cases of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported, the statement said.

In line with statistics, the maximum number of Ebola-related deaths and cases has been registered in Liberia – 3,538 cumulative deaths and 8,331 cumulative cases. Liberia is followed by Sierra Leone (3,062 deaths and 10,124 cases) and Guinea (1,814 and 2,806 respectively).

Separate cases have also been registered in Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, Britain and the United States.

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