Main highlights
For the 13th October 2014, a total of 75 new samples were received and analysed by the CDC Lab-Bo, the South African NICD MLU Lab-Lakka, the Canadian Lab-Kailahun & the Chinese Lab-Jui: Kailahun(1),Kenema (10),Tonkolili (3),Port Loko (1),Bo (6) and Western Area (54).Forty-five(45) of these samples are positive, 28 are negative while 2 suspected cases have been recommended for a second test base on their symptoms onset.(See table 1)
Three previous samples(1 Port Loko & 2 W/Area Urban) recommended for retest are all negative
The cumulative number of Laboratory confirmed cases are 2,894 whilst confirmed deaths is 931 with a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) based on confirmed cases of 32.2%
The increase in deaths is as a result of the ongoing data cleaning/outcome data received from Case Management Centres (CMCs) but the outcomes still remains a problem
Records with missing key variables are not included in table 1 below