Puerto Vallarta recorded 18 HIV diagnoses per 100,000 residents through July, Jalisco’s highest reported rate. Free testing is available locally.
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, November 12, 2026 – Puerto Vallarta had Jalisco’s highest reported rate of new HIV diagnoses through July, at 18 per 100,000 residents. State health officials presented the figures this week as they announced plans to promote testing ahead of National HIV Testing Day on Nov. 27.
Tonalá followed at 8.7 per 100,000 residents, and Guadalajara was at 8.2. Jalisco Health Secretary Héctor Raúl Pérez Gómez said 651 HIV diagnoses had been reported statewide by July 31.
The state’s HIV surveillance dashboard puts the statewide count at 737 through Sept. 30. Jalisco records cases by when people were diagnosed and where they live. Someone counted this year may have acquired HIV months or years earlier.
In July, a state health official said the wider VIII Región Sanitaria recorded 145 new diagnoses in 2025. That region covers several municipalities, and most people receiving HIV care in the region are treated at the CAPASITS clinic in Puerto Vallarta.
Servicios de Salud Jalisco says free rapid tests are available at more than 580 health centers and 40 hospitals statewide. The Consejo Estatal para la Prevención del Sida, known as COESIDA, has scheduled testing outreach for Nov. 27, followed by a World AIDS Day event on Dec. 1 in Guadalajara.
Where to get tested in Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta’s Comité Municipal para la Prevención del SIDA, known as COMUSIDA, administered 3,369 rapid screenings from January through July. Of those, 1,105 were HIV tests. The rest screened for syphilis or hepatitis. Last November, Jalisco also piloted home delivery of HIV self-test kits in Puerto Vallarta.
The CAPASITS clinic is at Aldama 1013 in Villas del Real, behind the Hospital Regional de Puerto Vallarta. The clinic also offers medication to help prevent HIV before or after a possible exposure.
COMUSIDA offers free, confidential rapid testing year-round at Paseo de Las Palmas 105 in Barrio Santa María. You can reach the office at 322-293-3334.
