More than 6000 people have died from Ebola in the three hardest hit countries in west Africa, a slight rise driven by an increase in cases in Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
The WHO reported a total of 6055 deaths in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since the beginning of the outbreak, up from 5987 a few days earlier.
The death toll elsewhere remains the same - six in Mali, one in the United States, and eight in Nigeria, which was declared Ebola-free in October.
Across the eight countries affected - including Spain and Senegal, which have both now been declared Ebola free - there have been 6070 deaths and 17,145 cases.
In Sierra Leone, where an increase in cases in the west of the country is causing concern, 1583 deaths out of 7312 suspected cases were reported as of November 30.
On Monday, the WHO published figures for Sierra Leone up to November 28, showing 1530 deaths and 7109 cases.
In Guinea, where the outbreak started in December last year, 1327 fatalities out of 2164 cases were reported as of November 30.
This compares to figures up to November 28 of 1312 deaths out of 2155 cases.
In Liberia, which had been the worst affected, 3145 people had died out of a total of 7635 cases as of November 28.
