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Fentanyl is to blame as Central Florida's overdose crisis worsens since the start of the pandemic.

Fentanyl is to blame as Central Florida's overdose crisis worsens since the start of the pandemic.

Fentanyl is to blame as Central Florida's overdose crisis worsens since the start of the pandemic.

"Fentanyl is killing more people than we've ever seen. It's killing more Central Floridians than any drug in history,” Andrae Bailey with Project Opioid said.

Fentanyl is to blame as Central Florida's overdose crisis worsens since the start of the pandemic.

Fentanyl is to blame as Central Florida's overdose crisis worsens since the start of the pandemic.

Fatal opioid overdoses spike in Central Florida, even after pandemic restrictions lifted

Overdose deaths from fentanyl-laced drugs have soared in Central Florida during the COVID-19 pandemic, outpacing the increase for the state as a whole and killing an average of more than 50 people in Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties each month, a new report on the crisis shows.

Between March 2020 and March 2021 there have been 51 overdose deaths a month in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties, officials said Wednesday.

Fentanyl is to blame as Central Florida's overdose crisis worsens since the start of the pandemic.