Updated On: 11 July, 2024 01:03 PM IST | Agartala | IANS
Tripura State AIDS Control Society project director Samarpita Dutta said that in 2022-23, sixty seven people including two students died and in 2023-24, forty four people died after being infected by HIV/AIDS

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Tripura government on Wednesday said that 1,790 persons were infected by HIV/AIDS with a positivity rate of 0.92 per cent during 2023-24.
The officials said as part of the National AIDS Control Programme, the government has taken a series of measures to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in the state.