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March was B.C.’s deadliest month for overdoses in a year: B.C. Coroners Service
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March was the deadliest month for overdoses in B.C. in the last year, according to new statistics from the BC Coroners Service.
The agency says 113 people died of suspected illicit drug overdoses in March 2020, the first time the overdose death toll has topped 100 since March of last year.
The number of overdose deaths in March represented a three per cent drop year-over-year, but a staggering 61 per cent increase from February 2020, the coroners service said.
The Fraser Health region (91 per cent) and Island Health region (80 per cent) saw the largest increase in fatalities from the Janurary-February average this year.
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