130 new cases were reported during a 3-day lockdown in Sierra Leone . More than 75 % of the targeted 1 million households were contacted . The virus is named after the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( formerly Zaire ) , where one of the first outbreaks occurred in 1976 . At least 2,803 people have died from Ebola in Guinea , Liberia and Sierra Leone .
130 new cases were reported during a 3-day lockdown in Sierra Leone . More than 75 % of the targeted 1 million households were contacted . At least 2,803 people have died from Ebola in Guinea , Liberia and Sierra Leone .