Overdose deaths spike 40% in Syracuse area; the loneliness of Covid-19 feeds a drug epidemic, officials say
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
Posted Jan 29, 2021
The bar at far right shows opioid deaths for the first nine months of 2020. The death total for the entire year will be available in April.
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Syracuse, N.Y. – A 40% increase in opioid deaths in Onondaga County during the first nine months of 2020 is being blamed in part on the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Onondaga County Health Department reported 121 opioid overdose deaths through the end of September, up from 86 deaths reported for the same period of 2019. The nine-month total nearly matched the county’s opioid death toll of 127 for all of 2019.
Restaurant inspections: Eagle Tavern, Shop City China House have violations; 39 others satisfactory
Updated Jan 23, 2021;
UNSATISFACTORY INSPECTIONS
Inspection done 2 p.m. January 4, 2021
Reinspection is Required
Critical violations: Fruit flies present in several bottles of lime juice, cherry vodka, raspberry vodka, peach schnapps and vermouth (corrected, voluntarily discarded).
Violations: Lower shelving in walk in cooler rusty and in poor repair.
Chlorine sanitizer residual in dish washing machine at approximately 15 ppm (50 ppm minimum required).
Interior of microwave oven dirty. Small wire racks in kitchen holding various supplies dirty. Floors under cookline equipment, along baseboards, in walk-in cooler under racks and under bar dirty, have food residue and environmental soil. Wall area in dish area dirty with food soil residue.