The rate of HIV infection in the District has plummeted in the last decade.
D.C. officials said this week that there were 74 percent fewer HIV cases reported last year compared to 2007. The number of diagnosis dropped from 1,337 in 2007 to 347 last year, the Washington Post reported this week.
In 2016, less than one person a day was diagnosed with HIV in D.C., compared to nearly four each day in 2007.
City officials attributed the rapid decrease to increased awareness of the infection and preventative measures like distributing