Ebola Outbreak in West Africa – Case Count – CDC
Case counts updated in conjunction with the World Health Organization updates and are based on information reported by the Ministries of Health
As of October 19, 2014
(Updated October 22, 2014)
Countries with Widespread Transmission
Country Total Cases Laboratory-Confirmed Cases Total Deaths Guinea 1540 1289 904 Liberia 4665 965 2705 Sierra Leone 3706 3223 1259 Total 9911 5477 4868 Countries with Travel-associated Cases
Country Total Cases Laboratory-Confirmed Cases Total Deaths Senegal 1* 1* 0 Spain 1 1 0 Total 1 1 0 Countries with Localized Transmission
Country Total Cases Laboratory-Confirmed Cases Total Deaths Nigeria 20* 19* 8 United States 3 3 1 Total 23 22 9 *The outbreaks of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Senegal and Nigeria were declared over on 17 October and 19 October 2014, respectively. A national EVD outbreak is considered to be over when 42 days (double the 21-day incubation period of the Ebola virus) has elapsed since the last patient in isolation became laboratory negative for EVD.
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