
The number of people living in South Korea that have tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reached 8,662 this year, with all new cases involving direct sexual contact, Yonhap quoted a government report as saying on Sunday.
The report by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) also revealed 92.1 percent of all the HIV carriers were men, with 1,114 Koreans and foreigners living here newly infected with the virus last year alone.
The report released on the eve of World AIDS Day, showed 28.7 percent of HIV infected people in the country were in their 20s, followed by 24.1 percent in their 30s.
Seoul plans to announce a comprehensive plan to combat AIDS and stop the spread of HIV early next year.
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