Opioid deaths surged in the Hudson Valley during COVID-19 pandemic after a drop in 2019
Opioid deaths surged in the Hudson Valley during COVID-19 pandemic after a drop in 2019
The CDC reported last week that fatal overdoses soared to a record high of 93,000 across the U.S. last year, a 29% increase over the previous year.
Chris McKenna The Times Herald Record
July 20, 2021
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Hudson Valley is mirroring a grim national trend with opioid overdoses and fatalities – In Orange County, which had an 18% decrease in fatalities in 2019, the toll jumped by 25% to 121 in 2020. Opioid deaths in neighboring Ulster County had fallen by 38% in 2019 but surged by 83% in 2020, to 64.Karlin, Rick
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