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In Connecticut, overdose deaths jumped to 1,385 in 2020, up from 134 in 2019. (Shutterstock)
ACROSS CONNECTICUT Overdose deaths in the United States soared by an unprecedented 30 percent during the pandemic, new numbers from the National Center for Health Statistics confirm. Connecticut was not exempt from the spike in fact, only two states reported decreased deaths.
The numbers, which recorded deaths between December 2019 and December 2020, show that an estimated 93,331 people died due to overdose in 2020, up from 72,151 in 2019.
Last year s number marked the highest number of deaths ever recorded in a single year.
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