Record 38 people died of opioid overdose in Toronto in January

Published Friday, February 12, 2021 6:07PM EST
TPH confirmed that Toronto Paramedic Services responded to 38 calls for suspected opioid overdose deaths last month, which prompted a drug alert to be issued.
"This is the highest number of opioid overdose-related deaths reported by paramedics in a month since we began monitoring in 2017," TPH said in a release.
It surpassed the previous high of 34 opioid deaths recorded in December 2020. TPH noted that their data does not capture all drug-related deaths.
On the last weekend of January, TPH said the city's paramedic services received the highest number of suspected opioid overdose calls in a 24-hour period, attending to 40 incidents.

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