The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that new HIV diagnoses in Chicago has hit a record low, continuing a trend of four consecutive years of declines. A total of 734 new HIV diagnoses were reported among Chicago residents in 2018 – the lowest number since 1988. This represents a 60 percent reduction in new annual cases since 2001 and a 19 percent reduction since 2014. CDPH’s 2019 HIV/STI Surveillance Report shows that a total of 23,580 individuals in Chicago were living with HIV through the end of 2017, the year for which most current data are available. This represents only a two percent increase in people living with HIV (PLWH) compared to 2016. While more people are living longer, healthier lives with HIV, the significant reduction in new HIV diagnoses over the last five years likely contributes to the slowing increase in living cases. In addition, the report found that 81 percent of newly-diagnosed persons were linked to care within one month of diagnosis. Among all PLWH in 2018, 68 percent accessed care and 41 percent were retained in medical care. Also, 52 percent of PLWH in Chicago achieved viral suppression in 2018, compared to 48 percent in 2017. Learn more about STI screening and treatment at www.saveyours.org and www.chataboutit.org.