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Sat, 2015-03-21 15:04 — mike kraft

 

 

WHO SITUATION SUMMARY                                                    March 20, 2015

  Number of cases Number of deaths
Cumulative Cumulative
Guinea 18 March 2015 Confirmed 2988 1846
Probable 395 395
Suspected 21 Not availablei
Total 3404 2241
Liberia 17 March 2015 Confirmed 3150 Not availablei
Probable 1879 Not availablei
Suspected 4526 Not availablei
Total 9555 4283
Sierra Leone 18 March 2015 Confirmed 8508 3346
Probable 287 208
Suspected 2999 158
Total 11 794 3712
All countries   Confirmed 14 646i Not availablei
Probable 2561i Not availablei
Suspected 7546i Not availablei
Total 24 753i 10 236i

See complete summaries
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.ebola-sitrep.ebola-summary-20150320?lang=en

Country / Region Tags: 
Global
Africa
Guinea
Conakry
Liberia
Sierra Leone
General Topic Tags: 
Contagion
Disease
Health
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report
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Africa Resilience Initiative
Global Health
Guinea Resilience System
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Sat, 2015-03-21 15:12 — mike kraft

By Crawford Kilian                                                                            March 20, 2015

Earlier today WHO published its March 20 Ebola data and statistics, with numbers as of March 17 for Liberia and March 18 for Guinea and Sierra Leone....

Two problems: 1) The new cases in the three countries add up to 639, but the world total is almost 200 cases higher. I have no idea why. 2) BBC News says there hadn't been a new case in Liberia for 20 days—that is, since before March 1—yet WHO reports 126 new Liberian cases.
 
I know that some suspected cases are counted as Ebola and then discounted, and other non-Ebola cases are found to have been Ebola after all. I can understand how 166 Liberians may have died this month of Ebola contracted in January or February.

But I can't understand how Liberia could call itself almost Ebola-free while WHO is reporting 126 new Liberian cases.

Read complete comments.
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2015/03/ebola-in-march-819-cases-444-deaths-so-far.html

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