Via the Facebook page of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone:
Ebola outbreak update: As of today, 24 August 2014, we have a total of 240 patients who have survived Ebola Virus Disease and subsequently discharged. The total number of new confirmed cases for today is 23: Kailahun 11, Kenema 5 and Port Loko 7.
The total number of cumulative confirmed deaths is 336 and cumulative number of confirmed cases is 904 with Kailahun 428, Kenema 308; Kono 1; Kambia 1; Bombali 17; Tonkolili 10; Port Loko 54; Pujehun 5; Bo 33; Moyamba 9; Bonthe 1; Western Area Urban 26; Western Area Rural 11. Koinadugu district still remains the only district that has not registered confirmed cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone.
55 samples are still pending in the laboratory, according to the Disease Prevention and Control.
The cumulative number of probable cases is 37 and probable deaths 34 while the total cumulative number of suspected cases is 53 and suspected deaths is 8.
