--- title: Ebola Rages in Sierra Leone description: In the last 21 days, Sierra Leone has reported 1,319 new cases of Ebola virus infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. canonical: https://time.com/3628837/ebola-sierra-leone-new-cases/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-10T21:38:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:45:15.607Z article:section: Health og:title: Ebola Rages in Sierra Leone og:description: In the last 21 days, Sierra Leone has reported 1,319 new cases of Ebola virus infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. og:url: https://time.com/3628837/ebola-sierra-leone-new-cases/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0994076a16395d7d/69876e298e06012f3145929b/ebola-sierra-leone3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: An aid worker carries a deceased 7-month old baby from Race Course area, after she died in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Nov. 23, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ebola Rages in Sierra Leone twitter:description: In the last 21 days, Sierra Leone has reported 1,319 new cases of Ebola virus infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0994076a16395d7d/69876e298e06012f3145929b/ebola-sierra-leone3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ebola Rages on in Sierra Leone With Over 1,000 New Cases ## Video: Nigeria is an Ebola Success Story: Here's What The Country Did Right [Watch (HLS stream): Nigeria is an Ebola Success Story: Here's What The Country Did Right](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mSo7iFZ3.m3u8) (2:43)  _Published 2014-10-21. The World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola on Monday, a containment victory in an outbreak that has stymied other countries’ response efforts._ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Dec 10, 2014 9:38 PM CUT  An aid worker carries a deceased 7-month old baby from Race Course area, after she died in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Nov. 23, 2014. An aid worker carries a deceased 7-month old baby from Race Course area, after she died in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Nov. 23, 2014.The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Dec 10, 2014 9:38 PM CUT In the last 21 days, Sierra Leone has reported 1,319 new cases of Ebola virus infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) [reports](http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/situation-reports/en/ "undefined"). The country has surpassed Liberia, which has experienced a decrease in cases over the last four weeks with 225 new cases in the last 21 days. Liberia has reported 7,719 cases of the disease so far, and Sierra Leone has reported 7,897\. Sierra Leone is hardest hit in its capital, Freetown, WHO reports. The total case load in West Africa is 17,908 cases and 6,373 deaths. **MORE:** [Ebola Fighters: The Ones Who Answered the Call](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-ebola-fighters/ "undefined") A total of 639 health-care workers have been infected with Ebola during the current outbreak, and 349 have died. That’s an unprecedented number for a health crisis. “Our team met heroic doctors and nurses at their wits end, exhausted burial teams and lab techs, all doing the best they could but they simply ran out of resources and were overrun with gravely ill people,” said Dr. Olu Olushayo, the WHO National Coordinator of Ebola Epidemic Response in a statement sent to media. Olushayo went into Sierra Leone to assess the spike in cases. TIME named [Ebola Fighters](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-ebola-fighters/ "undefined") the 2014 Persons of the Year. Read about the courageous men and women fighting the Ebola virus, [here](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-ebola-fighters/ "undefined"). _Read next:_ [_Why Ebola Fighters Are TIME’s Person of the Year 2014_](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-ebola-fighters-choice/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3628837/ebola-sierra-leone-new-cases/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3628837/ebola-sierra-leone-new-cases/"},"headline":"Ebola Rages on in Sierra Leone With Over 1,000 New Cases","datePublished":"2014-12-10T21:38:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:45:15.607Z","description":"The country has surpassed Liberia","url":"https://time.com/3628837/ebola-sierra-leone-new-cases/","keywords":["ebola","Sierra Leone","World Health Organization","POY"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0994076a16395d7d/69876e298e06012f3145929b/ebola-sierra-leone3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0994076a16395d7d/69876e298e06012f3145929b/ebola-sierra-leone3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"An aid worker carries a deceased 7-month old baby from Race Course area, after she died in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Nov. 23, 2014.","caption":"An aid worker carries a deceased 7-month old baby from Race Course area, after she died in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Nov. 23, 2014.","creditText":"The Washington Post/Getty Images","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/3628837/ebola-sierra-leone-new-cases/","name":"Ebola Rages on in Sierra Leone With Over 1,000 New Cases"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Nigeria is an Ebola Success Story: Here's What The Country Did Right","description":"The World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola on Monday, a containment victory in an outbreak that has stymied other countries’ response efforts.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mSo7iFZ3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-21T14:40:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mSo7iFZ3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3628837/ebola-sierra-leone-new-cases/","duration":"PT2M43S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3628837/ebola-sierra-leone-new-cases/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```