Between April and June, 270 people in Japan became infected with HIV, setting a record quarterly high. New AIDS patients meanwhile numbered 110, the second-highest figure on a quarterly basis, a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry panel said in a report Tuesday.
The previous quarterly record for new HIV infections was 248 in the April-June period of last year.
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