This year, 560 cases of AIDS infection were detected in Georgia, which is 2% more than last year - the highest incidence of infection is in Tbilisi, Samegrelo, Imereti and Adjara
December 1 marks the World AIDS Day. According to statistics, as of December 1, 2023, a total of 10,338 HIV-infected persons have been registered at the Center for Infectious Pathology, AIDS and Clinical Immunology since 1989. 7736 of them are men and 2602 are women. As for the number of deceased person, the toll amounts to 2185.
560 new cases of HIV infection were detected this year, which is 2% more than the corresponding period last year.
6362 patients are undergoing antiretrograde therapy, including 41 children.
The distribution of registered cases according to the ways of transmission is as follows:
* 32.2% - injecting drug use;
* 51.7% - heterosexual contact;
* 13.4% - men who have sex with another man;
* 1.2% - vertical (mother to child) transmission;
* 0.4% - blood transfusion;
* 1.2% - the way of transmission is unknown.
As for the geographical distribution of registered HIV/AIDS cases, the majority of cases are observed in Tbilisi (3889 cases, 100 of them are foreign citizens); then in Samegrelo - 1315; Imereti - 1246; Adjara - 1236; Abkhazia - (559); Kakheti - (504); Kvemo Kartli - 648; Shida Kartli (401); Guria (214); Samtskhe-Javakheti (148) etc.
