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(FREETOWN, Sierra Leone) — The latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that Sierra Leone has overtaken Liberia as the West African country most severely impacted by the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
The data was released on December 8, and includes 7,798 cases reported through Saturday in Sierra Leone and 7,719 through Dec. 3 in Liberia. In total, 17,800 cases of Ebola have been reported in those two countries and Guinea combined.
Liberia has still seen more deaths caused by the disease however, with WHO data showing 3,177 Ebola deaths in Liberia and just 1,742 in Sierra Leone.
The overall death toll from the disease in the three nations is listed at 6,331.
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