In Belarus, 52 cases of HIV infection were detected in May

June 9, Minsk /BELTA/. In May of this year, 52 cases of HIV infection were detected in Belarus, the HIV/AIDS Prevention Department of the Republican Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health informed a BELTA correspondent. For reference, in March of this year, 96 cases of HIV were recorded, in April - 78, and since the beginning of 2010, this diagnosis has been established for 406 patients. Among the regions of the republic in May, as in previous months, Gomel region leads in the number of HIV infection cases (32). The contribution of Svetlogorsk and Svetlogorsk district to the sad May HIV statistics is 11 and 4 infection cases, respectively, Kalinkovichi and Kalinkovichi district - 4 and 1, Zhlobin and Zhlobin district - 3 and 2, Gomel - 3. In Minsk region, 8 cases of HIV infection were detected in May of this year (3 of them in Soligorsk and Soligorsk district), in Minsk and Grodno region - 4 cases each. In Vitebsk region, the diagnosis of HIV infection was established 3 times, in Mogilev region - 1 time, and in Brest region, not a single case of HIV infection was recorded in May. According to operational data, as of June 1 of this year, the total number of registered HIV infection cases in Belarus reached 11,096 (counting from 1987, when the first patient was diagnosed with HIV). -0-