--- title: Infographic: Ebola By the Numbers description: West African countries are trying to contain the deadly disease canonical: https://time.com/3056329/infographic-ebola-by-the-numbers/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-30T16:15:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:24:41.121Z article:section: Health og:title: Infographic: Ebola By the Numbers og:description: West African countries are trying to contain the deadly disease og:url: https://time.com/3056329/infographic-ebola-by-the-numbers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt351379252df0bb42/6986a3eecd804d6ebbcccd15/ebolafacebook.png?branch=production og:image:width: 488 og:image:height: 252 og:image:alt: ebolafacebook og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Infographic: Ebola By the Numbers twitter:description: West African countries are trying to contain the deadly disease twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt351379252df0bb42/6986a3eecd804d6ebbcccd15/ebolafacebook.png?branch=production ---  # Infographic: Ebola By the Numbers ## Video: Ebola: The Deadly Virus Outbreak Explained [Watch (HLS stream): Ebola: The Deadly Virus Outbreak Explained](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oB7TO3G5.m3u8) (1:36)  _Published 2014-07-29. A look at the numbers behind the largest ebola outbreak on record, which has killed 670 people thus far._ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 30, 2014 4:15 PM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 30, 2014 4:15 PM UTC _Updated September 17, 2014_ The number of Ebola cases have continued to climb this week in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria. Here’s everything you want to know about the disease. [](https://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ebolalarge.jpg)Illustration by Heather Jones for TIME / Sources: WHO; CDC; Mayo Clinic; Northeastern University; University of Florida; Fred Hutchinson Center You can also read more [here](http://time.com/3048692/heres-what-you-need-to-know-now-about-the-ebola-crisis/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3056329/infographic-ebola-by-the-numbers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3056329/infographic-ebola-by-the-numbers/"},"headline":"Infographic: Ebola By the Numbers","datePublished":"2014-07-30T16:15:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:24:41.121Z","description":"West African countries are trying to contain the deadly disease","url":"https://time.com/3056329/infographic-ebola-by-the-numbers/","keywords":["Infectious Disease","Sierra Leone","Nigeria","ebola","Guinea","Liberia","West Africa"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt351379252df0bb42/6986a3eecd804d6ebbcccd15/ebolafacebook.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt351379252df0bb42/6986a3eecd804d6ebbcccd15/ebolafacebook.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ebolafacebook","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/infectious-disease/","name":"Infectious Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3056329/infographic-ebola-by-the-numbers/","name":"Infographic: Ebola By the Numbers"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Ebola: The Deadly Virus Outbreak Explained","description":"A look at the numbers behind the largest ebola outbreak on record, which has killed 670 people thus far.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/oB7TO3G5/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-29T20:36:01.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oB7TO3G5.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3056329/infographic-ebola-by-the-numbers/","duration":"PT1M36S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3056329/infographic-ebola-by-the-numbers/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```