A new report now says at least 1.5 million Kenyans are living with HIV and more than 20,000 deaths were recorded in 2019 alone.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, HIV and AIDS appear to have taken the back seat, but the report suggests that the AIDS virus is still very much alive and well in Kenya since the early 80s when it was first discovered in the country.
Statistics from the National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCOP) showing that infections in the country currently stand at 1.5 million, with more than 41, 000 registered in 2019 alone.
The researchers say the figures could be higher since many Kenyans are yet to test to know their status owing to the stigma attached to the virus.
What should however, however,enyans is the number of lives lost, with 2019 recording 20,000 deaths.
Latest records showing that 10 counties that had initially seen an improvement were now on a steady rise
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