Table 2.
Cumulative number of cases reported (sum of confirmed, suspected and probable cases) in the first forty weeks of the 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic in Western Africa (World Health Organization, 2018d).
| Weeks | Guinea | Liberia | Sierra Leone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 23 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | 28 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | 35 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | 39 | 5 | 4 |
| 10 | 44 | 5 | 4 |
| 11 | 47 | 6 | 5 |
| 12 | 103 | 8 | 6 |
| 13 | 127 | 8 | 6 |
| 14 | 158 | 25 | 6 |
| 15 | 203 | 27 | 12 |
| 16 | 218 | 35 | 12 |
| 17 | 226 | 35 | 12 |
| 18 | 236 | 35 | 12 |
| 19 | 248 | 35 | 12 |
| 20 | 248 | 35 | 12 |
| 21 | 291 | 35 | 50 |
| 22 | 344 | 35 | 81 |
| 23 | 351 | 35 | 89 |
| 24 | 398 | 41 | 136 |
| 25 | 398 | 51 | 158 |
| 26 | 413 | 115 | 252 |
| 27 | 413 | 142 | 337 |
| 28 | 413 | 196 | 442 |
| 29 | 427 | 249 | 525 |
| 30 | 472 | 391 | 574 |
| 31 | 495 | 554 | 717 |
| 32 | 519 | 786 | 810 |
| 33 | 607 | 1082 | 910 |
| 34 | 648 | 1378 | 1026 |
| 35 | 771 | 1698 | 1216 |
| 36 | 899 | 2407 | 1478 |
| 37 | 942 | 3022 | 1673 |
| 38 | 1074 | 3458 | 2021 |
| 39 | 1199 | 3834 | 2437 |
| 40 | 1350 | 4076 | 2950 |