48 new cases of HIV/AIDS reported in Georgia in January 2020

48 new cases of HIV/AIDS have been reported in Georgia in January 2020, seven cases more compared with the same period of 2019, the Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center of Georgia reports.

As of January 31, 2020 a total of 8,150 HIV/AIDS cases have been registered in the country.

Among the infected 6,081 are male and 2,069 are female.

The majority of patients are 29-39 years old.

Of the 8,150, 4,271 patients developed AIDS and 1,645 have died.

Most of the HIV cases, 3,007, are registered in Tbilisi (87 of the 3,007 are foreign citizens).

The ways of spreading HIV/AIDS in Georgia. Statistics by the Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center of Georgia. 

What is the situation in the regions in terms of HIV/AIDS?

• Samegrelo region – 1,132 infected.
• Imereti region – 982.
• Adjara region – 918.
• Abkhazia region [which is now under the Russian control] – 525.
• Kakheti region – 402.
• Kvemo Kartli region – 468.
• Shida Kartli region – 302.
• Guria region – 174.
• Samtskhe Javakheti region – 109.

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks cells that help the body fight infection, making a person more vulnerable combat diseases or infections. HIV spreads by contact with certain bodily fluids of a person infected with HIV.

AIDS is the late stage of HIV that occurs when the body’s immune system is badly damaged due to the virus.