The Mariners won the division title again in 1997, but were defeated in the ALDS 3 games to 1 by the Baltimore Orioles. They were again hurt by a lack of pitching depth to complement the outstanding offense, which was, as usual, led by Griffey, who won the MVP award, a first for both him and the Mariners.
In Liberia, which has been hit the hardest by the outbreak, 3,280 people had been infected with Ebola -- more than half in the preceding three weeks -- and 1,677 of them had died. In Sierra Leone, Ebola had meanwhile infected 1,940 people and killed 593 of them. The three weeks since September 1 accounted for 38 percent of total infections. The situation in the country continues to deteriorate, WHO said, blaming especially a sharp increase in the number of new cases reported in Freetown.
On August 1st this site posted about the threat of Ebola in West Africa. In the two months since the worst Ebola outbreak in history has only grown. The biggest concentration of those infected has been found in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea with those countries reporting over 7400 cases and about 3500 deaths.