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WHO: Ebola Outbreak Tops 10,000 Cases
A member of an ambulance team walks a man who is suspected to be infected with Ebola to an ambulance to be taken to an Ebola Treatment Unit on October 14, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. (The Washington Post/Getty Images)

WHO: Ebola Outbreak Tops 10,000 Cases

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of people believed sickened by Ebola has risen above 10,000.

The U.N. health agency said Saturday that the number of confirmed, probable and suspected cases has risen to 10,141. Of those, 4,922 people have died.

A member of an ambulance team walks a man who is suspected to be infected with Ebola to an ambulance to be taken to an Ebola Treatment Unit on October 14, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. (The Washington Post/Getty Images)

WHO has said repeatedly that even those very high figures are likely an underestimate as many people in the hardest hit countries have been unable or too frightened to seek medical care.

Countries impacted by the Ebola outbreak. (Image via Wikimedia Commons) Countries impacted by the Ebola outbreak. (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the largest ever outbreak of the disease. It has particularly affected Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, but there have also been cases in three other West African countries, Spain and the United States. Mali recorded its first case of Ebola Thursday.

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