Geneva - The death toll from the Ebola epidemic rose to 4922 from 10 141 known cases in eight countries until October 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday.
The three worst states in West Africa - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - including the number most part, recorded 4912 deaths of 10 114 cases, the WHO said in its latest Data.
The overall figures include outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal, are considered by the WHO to present more and more, as well as isolated cases in Spain, the United States and one case in Mali.
But the actual number of victims may be three more times: by a factor of 1.5 in Guinea, Sierra Leone and the second at 2.5 in Liberia, while the death rate is estimated at about 70 percent of all cases.
Explaining this projection, the WHO said many families who take care of people infected in the home rather than placing them in isolation in treatment centers, some of which have been rejected because of patient crowding.
The UN agency, to hear fun note, said that of the eight counties in Liberia and Guinea, which shares a border with Ivory Coast, only two are still not reported confirmed or probable cases of Ebola.
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