Cook County Registers Record Number of Opioid Deaths in 2020 – NBC5 (Chicago)

The medical examiner’s office said final opioid-related death count could actually end up topping 2,000 once pending toxicology reports on additional cases are finalized. Overdoses have been steadily increasing, up by nearly 1,000 compared to 2015 when only 647 opioid deaths were reported.

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