Ebola deaths rise to nearly 4,500 as WHO warns cases will increase to 10,000 per week

The number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has risen to nearly 9,000, with the number of dead climbing to nearly 4,500, as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday that there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week in two months. For the last four weeks, there's been about 1,000 new cases per week - including suspected, confirmed and probable cases, WHO assistant director-general Dr. Bruce Aylward said, adding that the U.N. health agency is aiming to get 70 percent of cases isolated within two months to reverse the outbreak. WHO increased its Ebola death toll tally to 4,447 people on Tuesday, nearly all of them in West Africa, from 8,914 cases. The death rate has risen to 70 percent— previously the WHO estimated the death rate at around 50 percent. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/10/14/west-africa-ebola-outbreak-will-reach-over-000-cases-says-who/