3000 have died so far. 6500 have been infected. It certainly could grow much bigger, but it hasn't yet.
There are roughly three reasons this outbreak became so big: different location (West vs. Central Africa), it took a while for the differential diagnosis (the much less deadly Lasa Fever is endemic in the area, but doesn't cause hiccups), and when the foreigners arrived in force, the locals hid. The WHO et. al. actually thought it was under control, before it couldn't be hid anymore.
Educated guesses would put actual fatalities in the 10s of thousands; 100s is possible, but I don't get the impression it's quite there yet. But with exponential growth, 1 case infecting an average of 3 others by one estimate, there's no way it isn't going to get that bad in West Africa.
tl;dr: Blood samples were taken in villages, laboratory confirmed, but none of these deaths were counted unless the patient actually made it to a treatment center. Much needs revision, which is not a priority right now.
If you only care whether the disease is going to hit at home, or (even worse) only if it hits a "western country", then yeah.
Hundreds of thousands are dying, and it could hit millions.
I'm pretty certain it won't hit that bad "at home", maybe a few isolated cases, we have the infrastructure(s) to contain it adequately.
Not in Africa though. As you may recall, Africa is really really big (depending on map projection). May not literally count as a "pandemic", but this is a disaster of incredible proportions.
... and then there's people suggesting, only half-joking, to "nuke it from orbit". Would they suggest that if it was a "western country"?
It's fine to worry if you may get the disease yourself, personally. The answer is "no / highly improbable". But just because its wreaking havoc mainly in non-western countries, doesn't mean news about the terribleness and spread of this epidemic, that is going on right now (also it's not just some flu, it makes one bleed from their internal organs o_O), doesn't mean it's "hype" or "sensationalism". This is actual human drama and suffering at a massive scale. And it's probably going to get worse before it gets better.