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. 2018 Mar 20;20(5):933–948. doi: 10.1007/s10796-018-9844-9

Table 10.

Sample tweets posted during outbreak containing information about killed or died people

As of Oct. 15th 2014 CDC numbers for #Ebola are 8997 total cases,
5006 laboratory-confirmed cases, and 4493 deaths in total
RT @USER: New WHO numbers on #Ebola outbreak in 3 West
African countries: 1440 ill including 826 deaths. (As of 7/30)
#Ebola has infected almost 10,000 people this year, mostly in Sierra
Leone, Guinea and Liberia, killing about 4900
RT @USER: #Ebola: As of 4 Aug 2014, countries have reported
1711 cases (1070 conf, 436 probable, 205 susp), incl 932 deaths