Mexico: HIV cases by transmission type 2015-2020
men were diagnosed with HIV in the country.
In 2020, almost all HIV-positive cases diagnosed in Mexico had been sexually transmitted with a total of 8,469 infections. This is the lowest number registered since 2015 and represents a decrease of nearly half (49.4 percent) from the 16,742 sexually transmitted cases reported in the previous year. In other transmission categories such as Perinatal and IDU (drug injection) the cases had also decreased in comparison to the previous year. Further, in 2020, 7,362