As of 1 October 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local governments reported a total of 7,492 suspected cases and 3,439 deaths (4,108 cases and 2,078 deaths having been laboratory confirmed).[3] Many experts believe that the official numbers substantially understate the size of the outbreak, due in part to community resistance to reporting cases, and a lack of personnel and equipment to investigate reports of the disease.[13] As of 21 September WHO estimated that regions capacity for treating EVD is insufficient by the equivalent of 2,122 beds.[14] The Case Fatality Rate (CFR) was reported on 23 September to be 70%, derived using data from patients with definitive clinical outcomes
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 03:15:52 +0000
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