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The World Health Organization updated the total of suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease to 1,440 (including 953 confirmed cases) and 826 deaths, according to an Aug. 3 update on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.
Meanwhile, Kent Brantly, MD, the American doctor who contracted the Ebola virus in Africa, arrived in Atlanta Aug. 2, marking the first time anyone infected with the disease is believed to have been brought into the country for treatment. He reportedly was able to walk, with some assistance, into the hospital wearing a biocontainment suit. Brantly, 33, was transported to Emory University Hospital, where he is receiving treatment.