Accra: 20,000 Infected With HIV In 2019 – Aids Commission LISTEN SEP 5, 2020 The assumption by many Ghanaians that there are no more or very few new HIV/AIDS infections in the country is far from the truth. This is because information from the Ghana Aids Commission (GAC) has indicated that, 20,068 new infections were recorded across the country, with 13,616 HIV/AIDS related deaths in 2019 alone. Speaking during a collaborative virtual media interactions between Ghana Aids Commission and United Nations Programme on AIDS yesterday to discuss stigma and discrimination against persons living with HIV (PLHIV), Dr. Cosmos Ohene-Adjei, acting director of the Ghana AIDS Commission expressed worry over the increasing number of people who are unaware of their positive status. According to him, the continued stigmatization and discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) has largely contributed to the spread of the virus and other related effects due to the fear for people