Ebola toll rises, but Liberia’s is revised lower – WHO

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Boys Solomon (C, rear) and Joe (R, rear) stand in the "red zone" where they are being treated for Ebola at the Bong County Ebola Treatment Unit about 200 km (120 miles) east of the capital, Monrovia, October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Michelle Nichols
Boys Solomon (C, rear) and Joe (R, rear) stand in the “red zone” where they are being treated for Ebola at the Bong County Ebola Treatment Unit about 200 km (120 miles) east of the capital, Monrovia, October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Michelle Nichols

(Reuters) – At least 5,177 people are known to have died in the world’s worst recorded Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization said on Friday, an increase of 17 since its last update on Wednesday.

The total of 14,413 cases in eight countries includes 1,187 deaths in Sierra Leone, 1,166 in Guinea and 2,812 in Liberia. The Liberian toll has been revised downwards from 2,836 because of reclassification, the WHO said.