Ebola death toll close to 4,500: WHO

October 16, 2014 00:34

Almost 4,500 people have died in the Ebola epidemic that broke out in west Africa at the start of the year, according to fresh figures released today the World Health Organization.

The WHO said that as of October 12, 4,493 people have died from Ebola out of a total of 8,997 registered cases in seven countries. The last official WHO toll, valid to October 8, put the figures at 4,033 dead from 8,399 cases.

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