Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberianman who tested positive for Ebola on US soil becoming the country’s first case, has died
Duncan reportedly succumbed to the disease on Wednesday, October 8 after his condition deteriorated and he had to be put on a ventilator and a kidney dialysis machine.
Reuters reports that a spokesperson for the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has confirmed the Liberian's death.
Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola on September 30 after arriving Dallas, Texas on September 20. He was said to have entered into critical condition on October 4 before passing on today.
The deceased initially went to the hospital when he became symptomatic but was sent away with just antibiotics despite stating that he had been to disease-ravaged Liberia.
Duncan is the first person to die of Ebola in the US.