SAN ANTONIO - For the first time this group of community leaders and individuals living with HIV have come together to work on their ownFast Track Initiative.

This group will be charged with coming up with San Antonio's own 90-90-90 plan.

The targets are to have 90 percent of people with HIV to know their status, for 90 percent of people with HIV to be on treatment, and for 90 percent of people on medications to have reduced their viral load to zero, which means that even though a person might have HIV, they are no longer infectious.

Research from 2016 suggests there are more than 6,300 people in Bexar County living with HIV. Doctors say there less than 400 cases locally diagnosed every year.

The group says that although San Antonio isn't a high prevalence region, there is still a lot of work to be done.

"While nationally we see HIV infections on the decline, here in San Antonio and in Bexar County we see it on the rise. So that has given urgency to this convening today and I think it's really providing the spark and passion for people to work on this," said San Antonio Metro Health Director Colleen Bridger.

"We do have an HIV epidemic and I think one of the advantages in San Antonio is that we are community that comes together. We can all get together and work together to really support the people living with HIV and prevent HIV in our city," Dr. Barbara Taylor with UT Health San Antonio.