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Ebola death toll rises to 729: World Health Organisation

31 July 2014 - 16:59 By Sapa-AFP
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Dr Kent Brantly, left, of the Samaritan's Purse relief organisation, examines Ebola patients at the case management centre at Elwa Hospital, in Monrovia, Liberia. The 33-year-old American doctor has caught the disease.
Dr Kent Brantly, left, of the Samaritan's Purse relief organisation, examines Ebola patients at the case management centre at Elwa Hospital, in Monrovia, Liberia. The 33-year-old American doctor has caught the disease.
Image: SAMARITAN'S PURSE/REUTERS

Fifty-seven more deaths from the Ebola epidemic spreading alarm in west Africa have pushed the overall fatality toll from the outbreak to 729, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

The 57 deaths were recorded between Thursday and Sunday last week in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, the UN health agency said in a statement.

It added that 122 new cases were detected over the four days, taking the total number of confirmed and likely infected cases to 1,323.

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