EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---March 17, 2015


DISCHARGED CASES

• Total Survived and Discharged Cases = 3,283


NEW CASES

• New Confirmed cases = 14 as follows:

Kailahun = 0, Kenema = 0, Kono = 0
Bombali = 0, Kambia = 8, Koinadugu = 0, Port Loko = 1, Tonkolili = 0
Bo = 0, Bonthe = 0, Moyamba = 1, Pujehun = 0
Western Area Urban = 3, Western Area Rural = 1, Missing = 0

Hot Spots:

District Chiefdom Community
Port Loko Kafu Bullom -Tombo Bana (1)

Moyamba Ribbi -Bradford (1)
Western Area Western Area Rural
Western Area Urban -Kossoh Town (1)
-Jalloh Terrace (2)
-Power Magazine (1)
Kambia Magbema
Gbeleh Dixing
Bramaia
-Malal 2 (6)
-Lakoya (1)
-Kabaya (1)

CUMULATIVE CASES

• Cumulative confirmed cases = 8,501 as follows:
Kailahun = 565, Kenema = 503, Kono = 253
Bombali = 1,047, Kambia = 201, Koinadugu = 108, Port Loko = 1,431, Tonkolili = 454

Bo = 314, Bonthe = 5, Moyamba = 209, Pujehun = 31

Western Area Urban = 2,208, Western Area Rural = 1,157, Missing = 14


CUMULATIVE DEATHS

• Total cumulative confirmed death is 3,327


• Probable cases = 287
• Probable deaths = 208
• Suspected cases = 2,981
• Suspected deaths = 158

Ebola Virus Disease Situation Report

PROVIDED BY:
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation

For more information, please contact:

District level: District Health Management Team
National level: Directorate of Disease Prevention and Control,
E.mail: dpcsurveillance@gmail.com
Website: www.nerc.sl or www.health.gov.sl
Mobile: 117 (Toll free)


National Ebola Response Centre | (NERC)
www.nerc.sl
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