Death toll soars in West Africa Ebola outbreak

CUMULATIVE EBOLA CASES AND DEATHS: As of September 5*

Dakar: Guinean student in quarantine after testing positive for Ebola on Aug 29

SENEGAL
1 case

ATLANTIC OCEAN

SIERRA LEONE
1,261 cases

491
deaths

*Confirmed, probable and suspected cases

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Port Harcourt Virus spread to main oil hub in August by Nigerian diplomat who fled quarantine in Lagos

GUINEA
812 cases

517
deaths

NIGERIA
22 cases
8 deaths

Lagos

Boende: Separateoutbreak not related to West Africa strain. Epidemic confined to remote region

LIBERIA
1,871 cases

1,089
deaths

59 cases
32 deaths
(Sep 2)

DEM. REP. OF CONGO

800km
50 miles
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TIMELINE OF EBOLA OUTBREAK: Mar-Sep 2014

4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0

Mar 25: Outbreak confirmed in southeast Guinea

Mar 31: Ebola spreads to Liberia

May 26: Sierra Leone confirms first cases

Mar
April
May
June
July
August
Sep


Jun 20: Medecins Sans Frontieres says virus “out of control”

Jul 25: WHO reports first case in Nigeria

Sep 5
3,967 cases,
2,105 deaths

Excludes outbreak in D. R. Congo

Sources: WHO, wire agencies