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Ebola cases top 10,000, WHO report says

The World Health Organization believes more than 10,000 people have been infected with Ebola worldwide, most in West Africa.

By Danielle Haynes

GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The number of Ebola cases worldwide is now believed to be more than 10,000, a World Health Organization report says.

A report issued Saturday says there have been 10,141 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of the Ebola virus in what is considered to be the largest outbreak of the disease. Most of the cases have been centered in the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

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There are a suspected 4,665 cases and 2,705 deaths in Liberia, 3,896 cases and 1,281 deaths in Sierra Leone, and 1,553 cases and 926 deaths in Guinea.

Additionally, Mali has had its first reported case of Ebola, which resulted in a death. Nigeria has had 20 cases and eight deaths, Senegal and Spain each had one case with no deaths, and the United States has had four cases with one death.

Some 450 health care workers are thought to have been infected with the virus, though WHO says a "substantial proportion of infections occurred outside the contact of Ebola treatment and care."

"WHO is undertaking extensive investigations to determine the cause of infection in each case," the report said.

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The report was released one day after a New York City doctor was diagnosed with Ebola after returning from working with patients in West Africa.

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