Ebola Facts: Where Are the Most New Cases Being Reported?

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Ebola Facts: Where Are the Most New Cases Being Reported?

UPDATED Nov. 11, 2014
There were fewer new cases of Ebola in the week ended Nov. 4 than in any week in the preceding three months. The outbreak’s epicenter, Gueckedou, Guinea, reported just four new cases for the week, continuing a downward trend in recent weeks. After a few weeks of data indicating a slowdown in the number new cases in Liberia, the worst-affected country, the World Health Organization said that “it appears that the trend is real.”



LIBERIA, SIERRALEONE, GUINEA, Monrovia, Gueckedou, Conakry, Freetown
Number
of new cases
each week
1050150
New cases for the week ended Nov. 4

TOTAL
539
Liberia
221
Sierra Leone
219
Guinea
99


Note: Data is incomplete for certain time periods and locations because of the difficulties in collecting information in outbreak areas. Many officials believe that the number of cases and deaths are undercounted, but by how much is unknown. The spike in number of new cases reported in the week ended Oct. 28 was the result of a thorough examination of patient data spanning the entire epidemic period.

Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, The Humanitarian Data Exchange

How Many Ebola Patients Have Been Treated Outside of West Africa? UPDATED NOV. 10

At least 19 cases have been treated in Europe and the United States. Many were health and aid workers who contracted Ebola in West Africa and were transported back to their home countries for treatment. The latest patient in the United States to have the disease has recovered and is being released from the hospital on Nov. 11. Cases shown below are compiled from reports by the C.D.C., the World Health Organization, Doctors Without Borders and other agencies



SOURCE: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...tbreak-qa.html