(VOVworld) - The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the US has died, Texas hospital officials said. Thomas Duncan, 42, arrived in Dallas from Liberia on Sept.

Thomast Duncan in Ghana in 2011 (Photo: AP)

20 and was admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian on Sept. 28. Two days later he was diagnosed with the deadly virus that has claimed nearly 4,000 lives in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization. After Duncan's condition was diagnosed, city and state health officials moved quickly to track down 80 to 100 people with whom he had contact in Dallas before he was hospitalized.