Impact of COVID-19 on late HIV diagnosis rates by race/ethnicity in Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) priority jurisdictions in the United States

Key Points

• Examine how COVID-19 affected late HIV diagnosis rates by race and ethnicity in priority jurisdictions.
• Analysis of late HIV diagnosis rates before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Comparison of data across different racial and ethnic groups in EHE jurisdictions
• Identification of trends in diagnostic rates
• Increased late HIV diagnoses observed among certain racial and ethnic groups during COVID-19
• Disparities widened between different race/ethnicity categories
• Findings highlight the pandemic's negative impact on healthcare access for marginalized groups