Highest number of HIV cases in a month recorded in June 2016 — Latest data

The total number of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that was reported in June 2016 is the highest number of cases ever reported in a month since 1984; a report from the Department of Health (DOH) disclosed.

  It was revealed that a total of 841 new HIV cases were reported in June 2016; which is quite higher that the previous highest total of 804 or the total cases recorded in January 2016.

  In addition, the June 2016 cases is also nine percent higher compared with what was recorded in the same period in 2015.

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A total of 777 cases or 92 percent of the June 2016 cases were acquired through sexual transmission.

Most of the cases came from men-having-sex-with-men (MSM) population with 690 cases or 89 percent. Homosexual contact was responsible for 403 cases; followed by bisexual contact with 287 cases and heterosexual contact with 87 cases.

Injecting drug use accounted for the transmission of 60 new cases; while the remaining four cases were mother-to-child transmission.

A total 104 HIV cases in June 2016 have developed into full-blown AIDS cases. There was also a total of 63 deaths from HIV/AIDS during the aforementioned period.

For 2016, 4,643 HIV cases were already reported in the Philippines, including 622 AIDS cases and 291 deaths. Since 1984, there are already 34,999 HIV cases recorded in the country, including 3,174 AIDS cases and 1,822 deaths.

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