NEW YORK — The number of new HIV diagnoses in New York City has reached an all-time low.
The city’s Department of Health released the news on Monday – World AIDS Day.
The nation’s largest city recorded 2,832 HIV diagnoses in 2013. That is a 40 percent drop since 2003.
Moreover, the number of AIDS cases decreased 67 percent over the last decade.
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City officials said that while blacks and Hispanics make up half of the city’s population, they make up three-quarters of the new HIV cases.
Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said that black and Hispanic men who have sex with other men remain the most at-risk population.
Bassett marked the data release with a speech at Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater. She said she was “proud to celebrate” the new low.
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