[exDemMom]

By "1800 survivors", is the writer including all those infected who are not dead? Some of those cases have yet to be resolved.

The survivors are those who have tested negative for the virus. I forget the exact protocol, but I believe that their blood must test negative for virus for 4 days, then they are released from the hospital.

[Smokin' Joe]

Okay, so here are the latest numbers.:

2014-09-05 22:28

Geneva - More than 2,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the World Health Organisation said on Friday, out of about 4,000 patients thought to have been infected in the three countries worst hit by the disease.

The death toll in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone totaled 2,097 as at 5 Sept, out of 3,944 cases, a WHO document said.

1800 survivors, 2097 dead, would mean only 47 active cases. Perhaps now you will understand why I asked.

Only 47 active cases? I doubt that is the situation.