A total of 44,839 HIV carriers and AIDS patients were found in China and 6,897 others died of the disease in the first nine months this year, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday.
The ministry said 264,302 people in China were reported to have contracted HIV, including 77,753 AIDS patients, by the end of September 2008.
A total of 34,864 people died of AIDS up to September, the ministry said in a press release.
Source: Xinhua
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