The Federal Scientific and Methodological Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS, administered by Rospotrebnadzor, published statistics for the first half of 2017. During this period 14 631 HIV-positive Russians died - this is 13.6% more than in 2016. The highest mortality was registered in the Kemerovo, Samara and Irkutsk regions.

Now there are 908,425 HIV-positive Russians living in the country, in the first half of 2017 there were 52,766 new cases. "HIV infection was mainly detected in Russians aged 30-40 years (47%) and 40-50 years (22%), the proportion of young people aged 20-30 reduced to 20%," - said Rospotrebnadzor. "The outlook for the development of the situation remains unfavorable. It is required to intensify organizational and preventive measures to counteract the HIV epidemic in the country, "the Federal AIDS Center.

Original article: Rospotrebnadzor: 80 Russians die every day from HIV.