(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that West Africa recorded 144 new confirmed cases of Ebola in the week of February 8, the second consecutive weekly increase.
The WHO said in its latest update that Guinea reported 65 new cases, Sierra Leone reported 76 new confirmed cases, and Liberia reported three new cases.
'Despite improvements in case finding and management, burial practices, and community engagement, the decline in case incidence has stalled,' the WHO said.
A year-long Ebola outbreak has now killed at least 9,177 people among the 22,894 cases recorded, according to the WHO.
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