The death toll from the Ebola virus ravaging some west African countries has risen to 1,427 out of more than 2,600 cases, the World Health Organization, WHO, said Friday.
The latest tally, which counts the number of victims from March when the deadly disease first reared its head to August 20, includes 77 people that died on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The previous death toll was 1,350.
Liberia remains the worst-affected country with 624 deaths. Guinea has seen 406 people die, 392 Sierra Leone nationals have passed away.
Nigeria recorded its fifth casualty August 20.
The latest outbreak of the disease, first identified in 1976 in what was then Zaire but is now DR Congo, is regarded as the worst-ever.
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