Mary Naa Asheley Anyomi, Volta Regional Technical Coordinator of the Ghana AIDS Commission, on Tuesday disclosed that there were 778 new HIV infections in the region, representing 4.4 percent of Ghana's total new infections of 17,774 in 2023.

She stated that out of this number, 230 were male adults aged 15 years and above, 468 were adult females aged 15 years and above, 214 were young people between the ages of 15 and 24 years, while children between the ages of zero and 14 years accounted for 80 cases.

Anyomi made the disclosure when her outfit, along with some members of the Ghana AIDS Commission's Regional Committee and Executives of the Coalition of NGOs in Health, paid a courtesy call on James Gunu, the Volta Regional Minister, in his office in Ho.

She stated that the regional adult HIV prevalence was 1.35 percent, making it the ninth on the HIV league table, while the prevalence among key populations was 4.3 percent for female sex workers and 28.9 percent for men who have sex with men.