HIV infections rose in 2020, most among people in early ‘30s

A total of 251 new HIV infections were registered in the Czech Republic last year, 29 cases more than in 2019. Forty-four people developed AIDS and 18 patients died of it, the State Health Institute told a press conference on Monday.

Since October 1985, when records began, a total of 3,841 people have been infected with HIV in the Czech Republic. Of those, 718 of got AIDS and 329 people died. Most new HIV infections in 2020 were among people in their early thirties. The highest number of HIV infections was in 2015, with 286 cases.