San Francisco’s New HIV Diagnoses Down 20% in 2023.

Sep. 23, 2024 – San Francisco, CA. 

The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) today released its 2023 Annual HIV Epidemiology Report, which shows that the number of new HIV diagnoses have declined in San Francisco.

In 2023, there were 133 new HIV diagnoses, a 20% decrease from 2022 when 167 diagnoses were reported. Since 2014, the number of new HIV diagnoses in San Francisco has declined by 59%, while nationally, new HIV diagnoses have only declined by 3% in the past decade.

Declines in new diagnoses were specifically reported among Latino individuals living in the City. In 2023, there were 40 new HIV diagnoses among Latino individuals, a 46 % decrease from the previous year when 74 new diagnoses were reported, and a 59% decrease since 2014. Importantly, there has been an overall decline in the number of new HIV diagnoses for all racial and ethnic groups from 2014 through 2023.

Read SFDPH’s full press release here.