how many people have hiv
Every day about 5,753 people contract HIVâabout 240 every hour. In 2015, 1.1 million people died from AIDS-related illnesses. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 78 million people have contracted HIV and 35 million have died of AIDS-related causes. As of December 2015, 17 million people living with HIV (46% of the total) had access to antiretroviral therapy.