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The outbreak was traced back to a 2-year-old child infected in Guinea in December 2013, three months before the outbreak was declared. The infection spread rapidly where infected people were cared for at home or died at home and their bodies were washed and prepared for burial by family members, according to tradition. https://www.worldvision.org/health-news-stories/2014-ebola-virus-outbreak-facts(https://www.timetoast.com)
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At the time of this writing, according to the World Health Organization, worldwide a total of 17,145 cases of ebola have been reported in five affected countries including Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, and the United States. They're also three more previously affected countries such as Nigeria, Senegal, and Spain up to November 30, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2014.12.013
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7,635 cumulative cases and 3,145 deaths in Liberiahttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7111626/ -
United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (US-CDC), has forecasted that the caseload in Liberia and Sierra Leone could reach 0.55-1.4 million by January 2015. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349256/ -
there was situation that will place about 22 million individuals at risk of the ebola disease. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349256/
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Engaging local leaders in prevention programs and messaging, along with careful policy implementation at the national and global level, helped to eventually contain the spread of the virus and put an end to this outbreak. Liberia was first declared Ebola-free in May 2015. https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/history/2014-2016-outbreak/index.html
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As at April 13, 2016, total reported cases of EVD were 28,652 from 10 countries. 15,261 cases were laboratory-confirmed and total deaths 11,325 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349256/