Since the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease(EVD) in March 2014, the death toll has risen to nearly 7,000 in West Africa, according to World Health Organisation WHO.
The death toll currently stands at 6,928 according to the U.N health agency, with the total number of people infected with the virus having surpassed 16,000 already.
The figures released today, have come almost two months after WHO launched plan to stop the outbreak in West Africa.
The agency didn't offer any explanation for the rapid increase but the figures published in their website appears to include previously unreported deaths, when it is believed that the worst moment of the outbreak is over.
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