Guangdong releases 2012 AIDS data  

廣東2012年共報告艾滋病發病3824例 死亡832人

廣東省衛生廳14日公布2012年12月最新法定傳染病疫情報告，12月份該省共報告363例艾滋病病例，死亡72人。記者統計發現，2012年廣東共報告艾滋病發病3824例，死亡832人。

Guangzhou (CNS) – A total of 3,824 AIDS cases and 832 AIDS-related deaths were reported last year in Guangdong Province, according to the provincial health department's monthly report on infectious diseases.

The province had 363 AIDS cases last December, when 72 people died from the disease, the report released Monday shows.

March saw the biggest number of reported incidences with 390 cases. The highest number of AIDS-related deaths occurred in June at 100 people.

AIDS repeatedly ranked first last year among monthly deaths from infectious diseases in Guangdong.

Yesterday's report also shows that a total of 56,293 cases of infectious diseases were reported in the province last December, with 108 deaths.