WHO – Ebola Situation Report – 30 September 2015

http://apps.who.int/ebola/current-situation/ebola-situation-report-30-september-2015

There were 4 confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) reported in the week to 27 September, all in Guinea. Case incidence has remained below 10 cases per week since the end of July this year. Over the same period, transmission of the virus has been geographically confined to several small areas in western Guinea and Sierra Leone, marking a transition to a distinct, third phase of the epidemic

Table 1: Confirmed, probable, and suspected EVD cases in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

Country	Case definition	Cumulative cases	Cases in past 21 days	Cumulative deaths
Guinea	Confirmed	3344	6	2080
	Probable	453	*	453
	Suspected	8	*	‡
	Total	3805	6	2533
Liberia§	Confirmed	3151	–	‡
	Probable	1879	–	‡
	Suspected	5636	–	‡
	Total	10 666	–	4806
Liberia**	Confirmed	6	0	2
	Probable	*	*	‡
	Suspected	‡	*	‡
	Total	6	0	2
Sierra Leone	Confirmed	8704	5	3589
	Probable	287	*	208
	Suspected	4920	*	158
	Total	13 911	5	3955
Total	Confirmed	15 205	11	‡
	Probable	2619	*	‡
	Suspected	10 564	*	‡
	Total	28 388	11	11 296

Data are based on official information reported by ministries of health. These numbers are subject to change due to ongoing reclassification, retrospective investigation and availability of laboratory results.

*Not reported due to the high proportion of probable and suspected cases that are reclassified.

^‡Data not available.

**Cases reported before 9 May 2015 are shaded blue. Due to ongoing surveillance and retrospective validation of cases and deaths, these totals may be subject to revision.

Liberia was declared free of Ebola virus transmission in the human population on 3 September 2015, and has now entered a period of heightened surveillance.  

Note: All data and comments above are verbatim from sitrep site.