Number of HIV-infected patients exceeds 7,500 in Georgia

Tbilisi. 4 March. REPORT.AZ/ 87 new cases of HIV infection have been registered in Georgia this year.

Local Bureau of Report News Agency informs that the due information was provided by Georgia’s Infectious Pathology, HIV and Clinical Immunology Scientific-Practical Center.

39.6% of cases of HIV infection were spread through use of drugs, while 46.5% were transmitted through sexual intercourse.

The vast majority of those infected with AIDS are in Tbilisi. There are 2,758 HIV carriers in the Georgian capital.

387 people were infected in the Kvemo Kartli region where Azerbaijanis live compactly.

HIV infection was detected in 111 children in the neighboring country, including 69  boys,  42 girls, while 27 of them died of this virus.