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New HIV Diagnoses in Australia Drop To Historic Low

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New HIV infections recorded in Australia hit a historic low in 2020. New data released by the Kirby  Institute at UNSW Sydney on December 1, World AIDS Day, revealed that there were 633 new HIV diagnoses in 2020, a steep fall of 30 % since 2019 and the lowest annual numbers since 1984.

Of the new cases, around 67 % were among gay and bisexual men, around 24 % were atrributed to heterosexual sex and the remaining was attributed to injecting drug use and other exposures.

Among Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, there was a similar drop – 18 new HIV diagnoses, a decrease of 28 % since 2019.

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