Since the beginning of the epidemic in 1988, 79.3 million people have become infected with HIV, as per UNAIDS. HIV has claimed over 36.3 million lives, according to WHO.
There is some good news .
UNAIDS says new HIV infections have been reduced by 52 per cent since the peak in 1997, around the world. It further states that in 2020, around 1.5 million people were newly infected with HIV, compared to 3.0 million people in 1997.
UNAIDS adds that since 2010, new HIV infections have declined by 31%, from 2.1 million to 1.5 million in 2020. It states that since 2010, new HIV infections even in children have declined by 53%, from 3,20,000 in 2010 to 1,50,000 in 2020.
Global Status of Of HIV Infections:
Inspite of a commitment to end AIDS by 2030, according to the global statistics by UNAIDS, 37.7 million people globally were living with HIV in 2020, 6,80,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses, the same.
– According to UNICEF of the estimated 37.7 million people living with HIV worldwide in 2020, 2.78 million were children aged 0-19. It further adds that each day in 2020, approximately 850 children became infected with HIV and approximately 330 children died from AIDS related causes, mostly because of inadequate access to HIV prevention, care and treatment services.

HIV-AIDS: India’s Status In Numbers
As per the India HIV Estimation 2019 report by National Aids Control Organisation (NACO), there were an estimated 23.48 lakh people living with HIV in India in 2019. According to the report, Maharashtra was estimated to have the highest number of people living with HIV at 3.96 lakh, followed by Andhra Pradesh at 3.14 lakh, Karnataka at 2.69 lakh.
The report also stated that in India, there were 69,000 estimated new HIV infections in 2019, which translates into 190 new infections every day and eight new infections every hour.
Talking about AIDS- related deaths, approximately, 59,000 people died due to the disease in the year 2019.
Source NDTV