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| WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON A new estimate of how many Americans have the AIDS virus puts the number at about 1.1 million, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
How many people have HIV and AIDS Worldwide: UNAIDS estimates that 47.3 million people have been infected with HIV since the start of the global epidemic (42.9 million adults and 4.4 million children under 15).An estimated 13.9 million people have died with AIDS since the epidemic began (10.7 million adults and 3.2 million children under 15).n the United States: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are between 650,000 and 900,000 people living with HIV. Through December 1998, a total of 688,200 cases of AIDS had been reported to the CDC; of this number, 410,800 persons (representing 60% of cases) have died.