Towards achieving the 90–90–90 HIV targets: results from the south African 2017 national HIV survey

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Table 2 Gaps in the number of individuals diagnosed (1st 90), on ART and virally suppressed by Province, based on the 90, 81 and 73% cascade^a

Province	PLHIV	Gap – diagnosed	Gap – on ART	Gap – Viral Suppression
Western Cape	538,472	44,101	114,547	126,972
Eastern Cape	938,221	5911	98,016	90,351
Northern Cape	98,176	13,872	19,619	24,122
Free State	453,821	−4493	82,984	78,420
KwaZulu-Natal	1,868,523	62,222	233,581	284,202
North-West	543,204	59,155	131,846	148,621
Gauteng	1,745,334	54,978	417,184	452,391
Mpumalanga	680,131	34,891	113,534	140,175
Limpopo	601,441	75,782	132,937	161,306
Total	7,467,323	346,419	1,344,248	1,506,560

^aDisplayed gaps in numbers are differences in counts from achieving 90% for diagnosed, 81% (i.e., 0.90 multiplied by 0.90) of all HIV infected people on ART, and 73% (i.e., 0.90 multiplied by 0.90 multiplied by 0.90) of all HIV infected individuals achieved viral suppression

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