The Region - News from Aug. 23, 1987

There were 119 cases of AIDS reported in Los Angeles County last month, bringing to 3,459 the total number of local victims of the disease, health officials said. As of the end of July, the death toll from acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the county was 2,165, or 63% of all cases reported, said Robert Gates, director of the county’s Health Services Department. Los Angeles County has the nation’s third-highest number of AIDS victims, behind New York and San Francisco, respectively.