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B2G

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Mon Oct 6, 2014, 12:53 PM Oct 2014

Sierra Leone Records 121 Ebola Deaths, 81 New Cases in Single Day

Now, about that 3 day enforced quarantine I was worried about a few weeks ago...



FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone recorded 121 deaths from Ebola and scores of new infections in one of the single deadliest days since the disease appeared in the West African country more than four months ago, government health statistics showed on Sunday. The figures, which covered the period through Saturday, put the total number of deaths at 678, up from 557 the day before. The daily statistics compiled by Sierra Leone's Emergency Operations Centre also showed 81 new cases of the hemorrhagic fever.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/sierra-leone-records-121-ebola-deaths-81-new-cases-single-n219151

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