GENEVA
The number of deaths caused by the Ebola virus in West Africa has risen to 3,338, the World Health Organization said.
In a statement released Wednesday, the organization said: "The total number of probable, confirmed and suspected cases in the current outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa reported up to 28 September is 7,178 with 3,338 deaths."
The latest figures from the WHO record 3,696 cases and 1,998 deaths in Liberia; 2,304 cases and 622 deaths in Sierra Leone; 1,157 cases and 710 deaths in Guinea; 20 cases and eight deaths in Nigeria; and one case in Senegal.
The organization reported that 216 health workers had died as a result of infection.
Meanwhile, the WHO said there were "two promising candidate vaccines" to protect against Ebola.
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