HIV Diagnoses Hit 10-Year High in Montreal, Cases More Than Double Between 2021-22

The Test@Home HIV self-test kit is pictured in Toronto on April 16, 2021. The Canadian Press/Chris Young

Public health officials say they recorded in 2022, the highest number of new HIV diagnoses in 10 years in the city of Montreal, and its on-island suburbs.

Data shared last week shows the number of new reported HIV cases more than doubled between 2021 and 2022, to 310 from 141.