--- description: There are currently twenty three confirmed cases of Ebola in West Africa, according to the latest numbers on the outbreak. title: There Are Fewer Than 25 Cases of Ebola image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffd80240b1add2c4/6988556b524fc00739df3343/gettyimages-128587211.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [ebola](/tag/ebola/) ## ebola Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # There Are Now Fewer Than 25 Cases of Ebola by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2015 4:55 PM CUT  Ebola Zaire virus Ebola Zaire virusGetty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2015 4:55 PM CUT There are currently just 23 confirmed cases of Ebola in West Africa, according to the latest numbers on the outbreak. The World Health Organization confirmed to TIME that there are 10 cases in treatment centers in Guinea as of June 18, and 13 confirmed cases in Sierra Leone as of June 17\. Case numbers are low, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t be more cases if infections continue to spread. The outbreak has so far infected 27,352 people and killed 11,178\. The hardest hit countries were Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. There is still currently no drug or vaccine for the fatal disease, though the infections have significantly declined. [_Read next: TIME Person of the Year: Ebola Fighters_](http://time.com/poy "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3928454/ebola-how-many-cases/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3928454/ebola-how-many-cases/"},"headline":"There Are Now Fewer Than 25 Cases of Ebola","datePublished":"2015-06-19T16:55:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:22:13.741Z","description":"Guinea and Sierra Leone have around 10 patients each","url":"https://time.com/3928454/ebola-how-many-cases/","keywords":["ebola","Sierra Leone","Guinea","Liberia","Ebola outbreak"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffd80240b1add2c4/6988556b524fc00739df3343/gettyimages-128587211.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/bltffd80240b1add2c4/6988556b524fc00739df3343/gettyimages-128587211.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"128587211","caption":"128587211","creditText":"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/3928454/ebola-how-many-cases/","name":"There Are Now Fewer Than 25 Cases of Ebola"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Ebola Questions You're Wondering About","description":"TIME Health Reporter Alexandra Sifferlin explains why there's no cure for Ebola, how infected patients are treated, and more common questions about the disease.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/9QwqrSi9/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-07T17:31:26.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9QwqrSi9.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3928454/ebola-how-many-cases/","duration":"PT2M2S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3928454/ebola-how-many-cases/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```