Agencies respond as overdoses surge through Allegheny County
Local agencies are struggling to respond to a sharp rise in overdose deaths, with 2021 confirmed countywide fatalities at 719, up from 492 in 2018.
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Local agencies are struggling to respond to a sharp rise in overdose deaths, with 2021 confirmed countywide fatalities at 719, up from 492 in 2018.
Overdose deaths in Allegheny County last year rose to the highest level since they peaked in 2017, mirroring trends in Westmoreland County and Pennsylvania as a whole, according to statistics released Friday. In 2021, 719 people in Allegheny County died of drug overdoses, accounting for a quarter of all cases
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