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State has third highest HIV patients in India

06:14 PM Sep 15, 2018 | Team Udayavani |

Bengaluru: National AIDS Control Organisation reports revealed that Karnataka has the third highest number of HIV/AIDS patients in the country.

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By the end of 2017, India had an estimated 21.4 lakh people living with HIV.

Maharashtra accounted for 15% of the national total. It was followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Bengal, Tamil Nadu, UP and Bihar.

87,000 new HIV infections were reported in 2017, marking an 85% decline in annual new HIV infections.

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