<p>A total of 1082 newly diagnosed HIV cases were identified from December/2019 to August/2024. The mean age of individuals at the time of diagnosis was 29.72 years. The number of people newly identified with HIV increased from 141(3/10,000) in 2020 to 194(4.6/10,000) in 2024. Among 805 individuals with valid recency test results, 98(12.2%) were recently infected with HIV. Among eight variables fit for final model(<em>p</em>-value&lt;0.25), only two variables, age between 15-24[AOR=4.196, 95%CI: 2.053, 8.578] and education[<em>p</em>-value&lt;0.036] are significantly associated with recent infection. Jinka town and South Ari reported highest proportion of recent infection, 45(46%) each.</p>