New York State Department of Health Releases New HIV Surveillance Data on World Aids Day

HIV/AIDS Annual Surveillance Report Presents Recent HIV Surveillance Data for New York State.

World AIDS Day Recognized Annually on December 1

Department's Ending the Epidemic Summit and World AIDS Day events Scheduled for December 9 and 10

ALBANY, N.Y. (December 1, 2025) – The New York State Department of Health today, on World AIDS Day, released the New York State HIV/AIDS Annual Surveillance Report. The report presents recent data on New York State residents newly diagnosed with HIV and individuals living with diagnosed HIV in New York State as of December 2024.

"While the number of people newly diagnosed with HIV in New York has fallen to historic lows, World AIDS Day is a reminder that more work must be done to continue to decrease new HIV infections," State Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald said. "To achieve these goals, we must eliminate health disparities and address the social determinants of health and persistent racial disparities to achieve our goal of Ending the Epidemic in New York State."

Over the decades, advancements in prevention treatment and increased awareness has come a long way in reducing HIV infections in New York. The 2024 report found that individuals newly diagnosed with HIV in New York State has decreased 36 percent from 2011 to 2024. However, those decreases have not been experienced equally across all communities. The rates of new HIV diagnoses among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic individuals were 9.2 and 5.4 times higher than the rate for non-Hispanic White individuals.

Most new HIV diagnoses (69 percent) occurred in individuals younger than 40 years old, however one in every six New Yorkers who are newly diagnosed are over the age of 50. This data underscores the need for routine HIV testing across the age spectrum.

Based on data for 2024, New York State met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition of elimination of perinatal HIV transmission. This is the eleventh time that New York State has achieved the elimination of perinatal transmission and is the first time New York has met that goal for ten consecutive years, and every year since the State's Ending the Epidemic efforts began in 2014.

Due to the historic and robust response and unwavering dedication of community-based organizations, hospitals and community health centers, non-clinical facilities and all of our state and local partners, New York State bent the curve on the HIV epidemic, reversing the decades-long increase in the number of people living with diagnosed HIV in New York State, with new diagnoses decreasing by 26 percent since the start of the State's Ending the Epidemic efforts in 2014.

Metrics showing progress towards Ending the Epidemic will be presented at the Department's upcoming 2025 Ending the Epidemic Summit and World AIDS Day events on December 9 and 10, at which time the New York State Ending the Epidemic dashboard will be updated with the most recent HIV surveillance data.

The New York State Department of Health's AIDS Institute is committed to eliminating transmission and improving the health and wellbeing of persons living with HIV, hepatitis C, sexually transmitted infections, and individuals who use drugs, or identify as part of the LGBTQ+ population.