Emergency Operations Center Ministry of Health and Sanitation PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 14, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  571

Ø  NEW CASES

·  New Confirmed cases  = 45 out of 75 samples tested, as follows:

  Kailahun = 1, Kenema = 7, Kono = 0

  Bombali = 0, Kambia = 0, Koinadugu = 0, Port Loko =0, Tonkolili = 2

  Bo = 2, Bonthe = 0, Moyamba = 0, Pujehun = 0

  Western Area = 33

Ø  CUMULATIVE CASES

·  Cumulative confirmed cases = 2,896 as follows:

      Kailahun = 536, Kenema = 451, Kono =31

           Bombali = 388, Kambia = 25, Koinadugu =0, Port Loko = 405, Tonkolili = 129

           Bo = 132, Bonthe = 1, Moyamba = 77, Pujehun = 24

          Western Area = 697

Ø  CUMULATIVE DEATHS

·  Total cumulative confirmed death is 931

·         Probable cases = 37

·         Probable deaths = 161

·         Suspected cases = 365

·         Suspected deaths = 106

IMPORTANT NOTE!

Koinadugu still remains the only district that has not registered confirmed cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone

IMPORTANT NOTE

Ebola Emergency Account Details:

Account Number (Leones): 003001118285030109

Account Number (USD): 003001014138030145

 All Cash Donations are deposited at the Ebola Emergency Account managed by the EOC, and kind donations (Medicines, Equipment, Supplies, etc.) are held at the Government Medical logistics stores, Freetown, by the Ebola Logistics team, for processing, storage and equitable distribution as required throughout the country.

Ø  Ebola Virus Disease Situation Report

Ø  ISSUED BY:

Ø  The Ministry of Health and Sanitation

  

v   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.health.gov.sl

                          Mobile: 117 (Toll free)