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Published Wednesday, May 19, 2021 7:29PM EDT Toronto saw more than 500 opioid overdose deaths in 2020, a record number that the city s top public official said Wednesday is worrying. According to preliminary data from Ontario s coroner s office, 521 confirmed opioid overdose deaths were recorded in last year, a 78 per cent increase from 2019 and a 280 per cent increase from 2015. This is just yet another tragedy on top of the tragedies that we have suffered through COVID-19, Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto s medical officer of health, said in an interview with CP24. I cannot tell you enough how disheartened I am and how concerned I was to see the numbers in respect of opioid overdose-related deaths.