The new report by the National Aids Control Council (NACC) stated that 97 youths between the age of 15 and 24 are infected with HIV daily. There were 6,613 new infections among children in the period. This means there were 35,776 new HIV infections among the young population, pushing the number of this demographic living with the virus to 268,586. Consequently, there were 3,853 documented deaths among this population that were related to HIV complications. However, Ms Kilonzo said only seven counties registered below the five per cent new infections rate as per the goal for 2019.

Source: Standard Digital October 27, 2016 19:12 UTC