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Ebola death toll nears 7 000─── 10:16 Sun, 30 Nov 2014
Geneva - Nearly 7 000 people have now died from Ebola in West Africa, with the latest report from the World Health Organisation counting over 1 200 more deaths than in a toll given on Wednesday.
Data published by the UN's health body late on Friday showed that 16 169 people had been infected with Ebola and that 6 928 of them had died in the three countries at the centre of the outbreak - Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.
The deadliest Ebola outbreak ever has so far hit Liberia the hardest, although observers say the spread of the virus there has slowed significantly in recent weeks.
Health workers have been among the worst hit, with 340 deaths out of 592 cases.
AFP
