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Thousands more Canadians died than expected during first 12 months of pandemic

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COVID-19 pandemic, leading to more overall deaths than expected, according to a new report released by Statistics Canada on Monday.The report, which includes deaths from the end of March 2020 to the beginning of April 2021, shows an additional 5,535 Canadians under 65 died, after accounting for changes in the population such as aging.Less than 1,400 Canadians under 65 died of COVID-19 in that same period.The increase in deaths, according to the agency, is mostly related to factors such as “substance abuse and misuse.” Alcohol-related deaths remain a ‘silent epidemic’ in Canada: expert The StatsCan report said deaths caused by accidental poisonings reached a new high last year.“In 2017, at the height of the opioid crisis, the annual.

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