The number of HIV infection cases has reached its maximum (about 238) in Armenia last year. This was the highest annual index compared with 1,730 - data of all infections starting from 1989 (first time HIV infection was registered in Armenia in 1989). There have already been 111 new cases of infection during the last four months of this year.

The Head of Epidemiological Diseases  Department at AIDS Prevention Republican Centre Arshak Papoyan has explained, that the number of investigated citizens has increased, thus the number of infection cases has increased, too. 

The number of  infected citizens has been growing because of the workers coming from CIS territories. Eleven people infected by AIDS died (and 351 starting from 1989) during the last four months. People from 25-39 are mainly considered to be at risk. Prior  to 2005  people were mainly infected through drugs, but within the last 10 years this number has decreased by almost five times.