33% fall in HIV and STI diagnoses, HSE figures show

Health experts have said lockdown restrictions affects on socialising have reduced the spread of STDs. Picture: iStock

Over 1,000 fewer people have been diagnosed with HIV or a sexually transmitted infection (STI) this year, than at the same time in 2020.

The figure for the first 11 weeks of this year is 2,116 - down over a third from the same period last year when the HSE recorded 3,300 HIV or STI diagnoses.