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| Ebola outbreak deaths pass 5,000 | Ebola outbreak deaths pass 5,000 |
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| The number of people killed by the worst outbreak of Ebola has risen to 5,160, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. | |
| The frequency of new cases no longer appears to be increasing nationally in Guinea and Liberia but remains high in Sierra Leone, the health agency added. | |
| The Ebola outbreak is thought to have infected more than 14,000 people, almost all of them in West Africa. | |
| The deaths of three more people in Mali have been reported in the past day. | The deaths of three more people in Mali have been reported in the past day. |
| "Transmission remains intense in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone" and the frequency of new cases is still increasing in Sierra Leone, the WHO said in its situation report. | |
| Health experts have argued that the rate of new cases is more significant that the total death toll, as it reflects how fast the virus is spreading. | |
| More than 2,830 people have died from Ebola in Liberia, with more than 1,100 deaths in both Guinea and Sierra Leone, the WHO said. | |
| Mali has reported four deaths from Ebola, while there were eight reported Ebola deaths in Nigeria, and one in the US. | |
| Cumulative deaths up to 11 November | |
| *Figures are occasionally revised down as suspect or probable cases are found to be unrelated to Ebola. Figures for Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea up to 9 November, while those for Mali, Nigeria and the US up to 11 November. |