As many as 27,963 persons have been affected with AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) in Maharashtra as of 2017-18, state Health Minister Deepak Sawant said.
Sawant, in a written reply in the Legislative Council Friday, said the state government has held several programmes under the guidance of the Centre's National Aids Control Organisation and this has led to a decrease in the number of persons being affected by the deadly virus over the past three years.