Via Department of Health.

The District has seen a 59 percent decrease in newly diagnosed and reported HIV cases since 2007, making it the sixth consecutive year decrease in new HIV cases in D.C.

According to the annual Epidemiology and Surveillance Report, which was released this morning, the District has made great strides in combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The report culls data from 2013.

The data shows that there was also an 87 percent decrease in new HIV cases due to needle use, which Mayor Muriel Bowser says is because of the city’s needle exchange program. Additionally, the report highlights that there were no babies born with HIV in 2013.

The report says that 2.5 percent of the District’s population—16,423 residents—are living with HIV, which exceeds the World Health Organizations definition of 1 percent as a “generalized epidemic.”

Don Blanchon, the Executive Director of Whitman-Walker Health, praised the District’s progress on combating HIV. “The precipitous drop in new HIV cases in recent years has been nothing short of remarkable,” he said. We’ve also made tremendous progress in keeping people who test positive engaged in care. These hard-won victories are a tribute to government and the community working hand-in-hand to address the epidemic.”

But there’s still a lot of work to be done and Bowser announced a plan to keep fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

In a statement, she set a goal for combating AIDS in the District. “We are setting a bold goal of 90-90-90-50 by the year 2020,” she said, “meaning 90 percent of D.C. residents with HIV will know their status, 90 percent of persons living with HIV will be in treatment, 90 percent of persons with HIV will achieve viral load suppression, and the District will see a 50 percent decrease in new HIV cases.”

You can view the full report here.