New Delhi: As per the latest HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) estimation 2021 report, the estimated number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in India is 24.01 lakh, the Centre informed Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Around 45 per cent (10.83 lakh) of the total estimated PLHIV are women and two per cent (around 51,000) are children below the age of 12 years, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said in reply to a written question. The highest number of estimated PLHIV are in Maharashtra (3.94 lakh), followed by Andhra Pradesh (3.21 lakh), Karnataka (2.76 lakh), Uttar Pradesh (1.78 lakh), Tamil Nadu (1.63 lakh), Telangana (1.56 lakh), Bihar (1.43 lakh), and Gujarat (1.14 lakh).
