Ebola death toll rises to 932 - WHO


  • World
  • Wednesday, 06 Aug 2014

GENEVA (Reuters) - The death toll from the world's worst Ebola outbreak has risen to 932 after 45 patients died between Aug. 2 and Aug. 4, the World Health Organisation said in a statement on Wednesday.

The number of suspected, probable or confirmed cases rose by 108 over the same period to 1,711. Of the newly reported deaths, 27 were in Liberia, which has had 516 cases and 282 deaths from the disease since the outbreak began in February.

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