Sierra Leone reports rise in Ebola deaths

October 06, 2014 21:13

Ebola has claimed 678 lives in Sierra Leone, officials in the West African country's capital Freetown reported on Sunday.

The figure is a significant increase on the 557 deaths the health ministry reported the day before.Last week, Sierra Leone communicated to the World Health Organization (WHO) that there had been 575 Ebola deaths and 48 more cases where Ebola may have been the cause of death - a total of 632.

The figures have, however, caused some confusion because the health ministry reported 557 deaths on Saturday, implying that there were 121 more cases between Saturday and Sunday. The numbers have not yet been verified by the WHO.

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