The death toll in west Africa’s three-nation Ebola outbreak has risen to 337, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, making it the deadliest ever outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever.<\/p>\n
The new toll marks a more than 60-percent hike since the WHO’s last figure on June 4, when it said 208 people had succumbed to the deadly virus.<\/p>\n
Including the deaths, 528 people across the three countries have contracted Ebola, one of the deadliest viruses known to man, the WHO said.<\/p>\n
A majority of cases, 398 of them, have surfaced in Guinea, where west Africa’s first ever Ebola outbreak began in January.<\/p>\n
Sierra Leone has registered 97 cases in total, while Liberia has seen 33.<\/p>\n
That outbreak, until now the deadliest, killed 280 people, according to WHO figures.<\/p>\n
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