‘The data for the 12-month period ending last June showed 81,003 deaths, a 20% increase over the previous year. Separate research found that weekly counts of all drug overdoses were up to 45% higher in 2020 than in 2019.
- Stat: During Covid-19 pandemic, overdose deaths reached new heights
- USA Today: Covid pandemic sends more people to ER for drug overdoses’
Read here (Kaiser Health News, Feb 16, 2021)
