Today is National HIV Testing Day.
Prairie Mountain Health Region has the lowest percentage of HIV in the province at 1 per cent.
For 2016, in Manitoba only, there were 103 patients that entered into HIV care and there was an increased rate of 68 per cent testing positive for it.
The main forms of exposure were still through sex intercourse at over 81 per cent then injection drug use coming in second.
It’s recommended that people should be tested every five years.
