'Misleading Reports': Tripura Govt Issues Clarification on HIV Cases in State

Agartala: Dismissing media reports which claimed that Tripura is grappling with HIV outbreak, the state government on Wednesday issued a clarification and said that these figures are cumulative from April 2007 to May 2024, and not reflective of recent or current statistics.  

The clarification follows a statement by a senior official from the Tripura State AIDS Control Society (TSACS) that reported 47 student deaths due to HIV and 828 students testing HIV-positive in Tripura. 

 "We have so far registered 828 students who are HIV positive. Out of them, 572 students are still alive and we have lost 47 people due to the dreaded infection. Many of the students have migrated out of Tripura for higher studies in coveted institutions across the country," a senior official of the TSACS said earlier in the month.

‘Report Misleading’

“It is reported that Tripura has 828 students registered as HIV positive and 47 of them died. This report is misleading because the total figures are cumulative from April 2007 to May 2024. Please note it as official clarification from Govt of Tripura”, the Health & Family Welfare Government of Tripura, said in a message on the social media platform X.  

The State Government has now clarified that these figures represent a cumulative figure of cases for 17 years from April 2007.