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Fatal opioid overdoses soar to record high in Berkshires


Opioid overdose deaths in Berkshire County jumped by 44 percent last year, to the highest level recorded, amid a slight increase in fatal overdoses statewide.
Public health officials announced Wednesday that opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts rose by 5 percent in 2020, the first increase in three years.
In a year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges it created in accessing health care and social supports, the state recorded 2,104 confirmed and estimated deaths, about the same number of fatalities as the epidemic s 2016 peak.
The toll of the pandemic for people with opioid use disorder was particularly stark in the Berkshires, which had the second-highest rate of increase in the state. Fatal overdoses in Berkshire County rose from 39 in 2019 to 56 last year, according to the preliminary data. ....

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