Clifford Thompson O’Connell of Woods Hole died July 14. Mr. O’Connell, 84, died at JML Care Center in Falmouth from complications of Parkinson’s disease.
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The increase in the number of opioid-related deaths in 2020 compared to 2019 in Nipissing and Parry Sound districts is among the highest in the province, according to unpublished provincial figures.
Only two public health districts in the province showed a larger percentage increase over the two years than the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit’s 168 per cent increase.
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The provincial average was 60 per cent, a report from the Office of the Chief Coroner obtained Thursday by The London Free Press says.