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Ebola cases go up to 84, 18 confirmed dead

New Vision Online: "THE number of suspected Ebola infections has increased from 62 to 84, according to the Ministry of Health. Of these, 18 have died. This does not include the two deaths in Kabarole and Mbarara, where Ebola had not been confirmed. It is also not clear if the number includes Maipeni Muliwabyo, a prominent businessman who succumbed to the disease on Monday night at Bundibugyo Hospital. Briefing the press at the Media Centre yesterday, state minister for health Dr. Emmanuel Otaala said only nine cases had been confirmed to be Ebola. Of the remaining 75 cases, 74 are in Bundibugyo while one is at Mulago Hospital. The patient at Mulago is a doctor from Bundibugyo who was immediately put in isolation. "

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