On September 30, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that Thomas Eric Duncan, a reportedly 42-year-old (later corrected by CDC reports as a 45-year-old[6]) Liberian national visiting the United States from Liberia, had been diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas, Texas.[7][8] Duncan, who had been visiting family in Dallas, was treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.[9][10] By October 4, Duncan's condition had deteriorated from "serious but stable" to "critical".[11] On October 8, Duncan died of Ebola.[12] The other three cases diagnosed in the United States as of October 2014[update] were: