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, a government report showed 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.