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In West Africa the dead from Ebola escalate to a staggering 6.800

A total of 18.464 cases have been recorded in three countries

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According to the World Health Organization the number of cases has reached the 18.464, while the number of dead has escalated to a staggering 6.800.

More specifically, in Sierra the 8.069 which were cases recorded on the 13th of December have now increased to 8.273 and the dead from 1899 to 2033.

In Liberia, on the 9th of December the cases stood at 7765 and now has a small but still an increase to 7797. The dead from 3222 reached the 3290.

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In Guinea, where the epidemic first broke out a year ago, on the 13th of  December the cases were 2354 and have now increased to 2394, while the dead from 1462 became 1518.

Mali also counts six  dead, the US one and Nigeria eight.

In Spain and Senegal in which the WHO officially declared the end of virus epidemic, have recorded one case each but no death.

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