Ebola deaths 3865 in three main countries plus Nigeria: WHO

According to the WHO's Ebola Response Roadmap Situation Report published on 8 October 2014, there are total of 3865 deaths from Ebola disease in the three main countries plus Nigeria.

According to the WHO's report published on 8 October 2014, there are total number of confirmed, probable and suspected cases of Ebola disease in the West African epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) reported up to the end of 5 October 2014 (epidemiological week 40) is 8033 with 3879 deaths.

The countries most affected with the Ebola disease are Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and the United States of America.

There is also a confirmed case of EVD has been reported in Spain1, and this case is not included in this Ebola Response Roadmap.

The statistics of the past week shows that the situation in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone continues to deteriorate, with widespread and persistent transmission of EVD. Also WHO is facing problem in data gathering in  Liberia.

Still the EVD epidemic in West Africa is not brought under control and situation is griming day by day.

But there is evidence of a decline in incidence in the districts of Lofa in Liberia, and Kailahun and Kenema in Sierra Leone.

Here is the Ebola case-classification criteria:

Suspected

Any person, alive or dead, who has (or had) sudden onset of high fever and had contact with a suspected, probable or confirmed Ebola case, or a dead or sick animal OR any person with sudden onset of high fever  and at least three of the following symptoms:  headache, vomiting, anorexia/ loss of appetite, diarrhoea, lethargy, stomach pain, aching muscles or  joints, difficulty swallowing, breathing difficulties, or  hiccup; or any person with unexplained bleeding OR  any sudden, unexplained death.

Probable

Any suspected case evaluated by a clinician OR any person who died from 'suspected' Ebola and had an epidemiological link to a confirmed case but was not tested and did not have laboratory confirmation of the disease.

Confirmed

A probable or suspected case is classified as confirmed when a sample from that person tests positive for Ebola virus in the laboratory.

Check the WHO's Ebola Response Roadmap Situation Report for more details of the Ebola disease situation.