WHO Ebola update, August 4: 1,603 cases, 887 deaths

WHO Ebola update, August 4: 1,603 cases, 887 deaths. HT: Crof.

Via WHO's Regional Office for Africa: Ebola virus disease, West Africa – update 4 August 2014. The overnight jump in case from July 31 to August 1 is remarkable. Excerpt, reformatted:

New cases and deaths attributable to EVD continue to be reported by the Ministries of Health in the four West African countries of Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Between 31 July and 1 August 2014, 163 new cases (laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspect cases) of EVD and 61 deaths were reported from the four countries as follows: 

• Guinea, 13 new cases and 12 deaths; 

• Liberia, 77 new cases and 28 deaths; 

• Nigeria, 1 cases and 0 deaths; 

• Sierra Leone, 72 new cases and 21 deaths.      

As of 1st August 2014, the cumulative number of cases attributed to EVD in the four countries stands at 1 603 including 887 deaths. 

The distribution and classification of the cases are as follows: 

• Guinea, 485 cases (340 confirmed, 133 probable, and 12 suspected) including 358 deaths; 

• Liberia, 468 cases (129 confirmed, 234 probable, and 105 suspected) including 255 deaths; 

• Nigeria, 4 cases (0 confirmed, 3 probable, 1 suspected) including 1 death; and 

• Sierra Leone, 646 cases (540 confirmed, 46 probable, and 60 suspected) including 273 deaths.