May 20 (UPI) -- More than 300,000 people have died from HIV and AIDS in Russia over the last three decades, the nation's national consumer watchdog said Monday.
Rospotrebnadzor, Russia's federal consumer protection service, said 318,000 HIV-positive patients have died since 1987 and more than 1.2 million cases reported. That translates to 10,000 deaths annually in the last 32 years -- but some experts believe that number may be too low, the Moscow Times reported.