The document obtained by MindaNews from DOH-Caraga showed that Butuan City has the highest number of persons with HIV with a total of 61 people, 5 of whom have confirmed to have progressed into Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
This is followed by Surigao City with 11 HIV cases, 3 of whom have AIDS.
There are six people with HIV in Tandag City; six in San Francisco town in Agusan del Sur and five in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur.
In last year’s cases, records show that 22 are from Agusan del Norte, 11 from Surigao del Norte, 10 from Surigao del Sur, 9 from Surigao del Sur and 1 from Dinagat.
The DOH documented 31 people with HIV in 2013, 32 in 2012, and 19 in 2011.
Data also bared that 93 percent of the documented cases are males.
