LEGAZPI CITY: The Department of Health (DOH) Bicol reported that cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV-AIDS) increased in the region in the past two years with three deaths reported early this year.

The most number of HIV-AIDS cases were reported among males, specifically among men-having-sex with men (MSM), Jannish Arellano, DOH head of infectious disease, said in a media briefing here.

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