Srinagar- The HIV cases in Jammu and Kashmir are showing a steady increase, with 117 positive patients registered for care from April to June 2025.

As per the details, from April to June 2025, 117 HIV-positive individuals, including 80 males, 34 females, and three minors, were registered for HIV care.

This information was disclosed through a Right to Information (RTI) file obtained by RTI activist MM Shuja.

According to the data, 361 new cases were registered in 2019-20, with 17 deaths in the same year. In 2020-21, 206 cases were registered and 12 people died; in 2021-22, 272 cases were registered with 19 deaths; in 2022-23, 374 cases with 21 deaths; in 2023-24, 338 cases with 14 deaths; and in 2024-25, 403 cases with 16 deaths.

Meanwhile, health experts in Jammu and Kashmir have urge

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