A report on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention covers the years 2010 to 2012 . Though the decline is encouraging , 8,165 African - American HIV patients died in 2012 . `` We can not drop our guard , '' Dr. Eugene McCray , director of the CDC 's division of HIV/AIDS prevention , said in a statement . The decline began just two days before National Black HIV / AIDS Awareness Day .
A report on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention covers the years 2010 to 2012 . Though the decline is encouraging , 8,165 African - American HIV patients died in 2012 . The decline began just two days before National Black HIV / AIDS Awareness Day .