As another American patient with Ebola arrives in the United States , here is a look at the American patients who have been diagnosed with this deadly virus . Ashoka Mukpo arrived at the Nebraska Medical Center on Monday , where he will be treated in the same biocontainment unit that helped Dr. Rick Sacra . Three other Americans , Dr. Kent Brantly , Nancy Writebol and an unnamed patient , have been treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta . The sixth known American patient was a man named Patrick Sawyer who died in Nigeria . Name : Patrick Sawyer . Age : 40 . Organization : Sawyer was a top official in the Liberian Ministry of Finance . Where he was infected : Sawyer was caring for his Ebola-stricken sister in Liberia before he flew to Lagos , Nigeria . He collapsed getting off the plane July 20 and was isolated at a local hospital . Current status : Five days after he arrived at the hospital , Sawyer became the first American -- and so far the only American -- to die in the current Ebola outbreak . Name : Dr. Kent Brantly . Age : 33 . Organization : Samaritan 's Purse , a nondenominational evangelical Christian international relief organization based in North Carolina . Where he was infected : Brantly went to Liberia with his wife and two children last year to serve a two-year fellowship . He was there initially to practice general medicine , but when the Ebola outbreak began , he took on the role of medical director for the Samaritan 's Purse Ebola Consolidated Case Management Center in Monrovia , the capital city of Liberia . The CDC believes he contracted the virus from another health care worker at the hospital . Where he was treated : Brantly was flown to Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia on August 2 and was taken by ambulance to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta . Treatment given : Brantly received one of the first doses of ZMapp , an experimental drug that had never been tested in humans . ZMapp was developed by the biotech firm Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. , which is based in San Diego . Current status : Brantly was released from Emory on August 21 , free of the virus . Name : Nancy Writebol . Age : 59 . Organization : Serving in Mission , also known as SIM , an international mission organization . Where she was infected : Writebol and her husband , David , arrived in Monrovia in August 2013 . Writebol guided missionaries and worked with nurses at ELWA hospital , where her husband was the technical services manager . Where she was treated : Writebol was flown to Atlanta shortly after Brantly and was treated at Emory University Hospital . Treatment given : Writebol also received the experimental drug ZMapp before leaving Liberia . She and Brantly also received what 's called supportive therapy at Emory , which means supporting the patient 's immune system as it tries to battle the infection . This usually involves intravenous fluids to prevent dehydration and shock , blood or platelet transfusions and oxygen therapy . Current status : Writebol was released from Emory on August 19 . Name : Dr. Rick Sacra . Age : 52 . Organization : Serving in Mission . Where he was infected : Sacra had been to Liberia with SIM before and volunteered to go again after he heard that fellow missionaries Writebol and Brantly had contracted the virus , SIM USA President Bruce Johnson said . Sacra was delivering babies at a general hospital in Monrovia when he contracted the virus . Where he was treated : Sacra was flown to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha on September 5 . The center houses one of just a few biocontainment units in the United States . Treatment given : Sacra was treated with aggressive supportive care , including electrolytes and IV fluids . He was also given a blood transfusion with plasma donated by Brantly , which doctors believe had antibodies that Sacra needed to help his immune system fight the Ebola virus . Sacra also received an experimental drug called TKM-Ebola , which the FDA recently approved for wider use . Current status : Sacra was released from the Nebraska Medical Center on September 25 . Though he is free of the virus , his immune system was significantly weakened by the fight . He landed in a Massachusetts hospital with an upper respiratory infection over the weekend and was released Sunday . Name : Unknown . Age : Unknown . Organization : The World Health Organization has said a doctor working for the agency tested positive for Ebola on September 8 . Where he was infected : Sierra Leone . Where he is being treated : The man arrived at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on September 9 . Current status : `` We are still treating the patient with Ebola virus disease at Emory University Hospital , but we do not have a condition update , '' Emory representatives told CNN Monday . The HIPAA Privacy Rule prevents them from sharing any patient information without his permission . Name : Ashoka Mukpo . Age : 33 . Organization : Freelance camera operator for NBC News . Where he was infected : Mukpo had been to Liberia before and had been in Monrovia for about two weeks before he started presenting with Ebola symptoms on October 1 . In addition to working for NBC , he has worked for other international media , including Al Jazeera and Vice News . Where he is being treated : Mukpo was flown to the United States on October 6 and isolated at the Nebraska Medical Center . Current status : On Sunday , Mukpo 's father , Dr. Mitchell Levy , told NBC News that Mukpo was feeling `` not that ill. '' He was able to walk onto the plane with assistance .
Doctor Mukpo died at the Nebraska Medical Center on Monday . Seven American patients have been diagnosed with cancer . Five were treated in the United States ; one died in Nigeria .