--- title: Ebola Death Toll Hits 3,000 description: At least than 3,080 people have died of Ebola in West Africa, the WHO announced Friday. More than 6,500 cases have been confirmed. canonical: https://time.com/3433638/ebola-outbreak-death-toll/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-26T22:35:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:35.187Z article:section: Health og:title: Ebola Death Toll Hits 3,000 og:description: At least than 3,080 people have died of Ebola in West Africa, the WHO announced Friday. 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The Red Cross Dead Body Management Team in Liberia provides a service essential for stemming the transmission of Ebola but the workers are shunned and despised for doing a job no one else wants_  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Sep 26, 2014 10:35 PM UTC  Liberian Red Cross burial team carry a body of a suspected Ebola victim from the West Point neighborhood in Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 17, 2014. Liberian Red Cross burial team carry a body of a suspected Ebola victim from the West Point neighborhood in Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 17, 2014. Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times/Redux  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Sep 26, 2014 10:35 PM UTC At least 3,080 people have died of Ebola in West Africa, the World Health Organization said Friday, bringing the death toll from the worst Ebola ever above 3,000 for the first time. More than 6,500 total cases have been confirmed. The newly-released figure, which includes deaths in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, comes after a week of worsening news about the deadly disease. Estimates released Tuesday suggest that as many as 1.4 million people may be infected by the end of January under worst-case-scenario circumstances. Under the best of circumstances, the disease will still have wrecked havoc on a region that has been wholly unprepared for the public health disaster. Currently, countries from around the world are contributing millions of dollars to build facilities to treat patients. WHO officials noted in a statement Friday that current heath facilities are overwhelmed and struggling to handle routine ailments. “The current situation is so dire that, in several areas that include capital cities, many of these common diseases and health conditions are barely being managed at all,” the WHO said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3433638/ebola-outbreak-death-toll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3433638/ebola-outbreak-death-toll/"},"headline":"Ebola Death Toll Tops 3,000","datePublished":"2014-09-26T22:35:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:00:35.187Z","description":"More than 6,500 cases have been confirmed","url":"https://time.com/3433638/ebola-outbreak-death-toll/","keywords":["ebola","World","Infectious Disease","WHO","West Africa","global health"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f03766e323171fd/6986a57906f2c1c8fe330f0e/ebola-liberia-red-cross.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f03766e323171fd/6986a57906f2c1c8fe330f0e/ebola-liberia-red-cross.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mark Korvayan, right, leader of a Liberian Red Cross burial team, watches his team carry a body of a suspected Ebola victim from the West Point neighborhood in Monrovia, Liberia.","caption":"Liberian Red Cross burial team carry a body of a suspected Ebola victim from the West Point neighborhood in Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 17, 2014.","creditText":"Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times/Redux","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/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3433638/ebola-outbreak-death-toll/","name":"Ebola Death Toll Tops 3,000"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch: In Liberia, Ebola is Fought With Gospel and Chlorine","description":"The Red Cross Dead Body Management Team in Liberia provides a service essential for stemming the transmission of Ebola but the workers are shunned and despised for doing a job no one else wants","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/hRNUHZyS/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-26T13:35:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/hRNUHZyS.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3433638/ebola-outbreak-death-toll/","duration":"PT3M","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3433638/ebola-outbreak-death-toll/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```