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TORONTO, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Lifeguard Digital Health is pleased to announce their life-saving overdose prevention app is expanding into Northwestern Ontario through a pilot this spring.
NorWest Community Health Centres, with the support of The District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board is the first in Ontario to partner with Lifeguard DH as part of a comprehensive response to the overdose crisis.
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The Lifeguard App provides support to people who use drugs with a direct link to emergency responders if an overdose occurs, which could save their life. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, Ontario reported over 2000 opioid-related deaths in 2020, reflecting an increase of 59% compared to the same period in 2019.
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Another Sarnia-area resident has died due to COVID-19.
The region’s 53rd fatality in the last year-plus was reported Monday by Lambton public health. A person in the 70-plus age range died in hospital this past weekend, a health unit spokesperson confirmed Monday.
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The health unit also reported 11 new confirmed cases. A total of 2,870 of the region’s 3,050 cases were considered resolved, while 127 were still active.
The number of active outbreaks dropped to four. There were seven as of Saturday.