Guangdong releases 2012 AIDS data  

广东2012年共报告艾滋病发病3824例 死亡832人

广东省卫生厅14日公布2012年12月最新法定传染病疫情报告，12月份该省共报告363例艾滋病病例，死亡72人。记者统计发现，2012年广东共报告艾滋病发病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.