The death toll in B.C. due to suspected illicit-drug overdoses is still on the rise, according to new numbers from the B.C. Coroners Service released Wednesday.
The report shows 2,224 people died in 2021, representing a 26 per cent increase over the number of deaths recorded the previous year.
It was already known that 2021 was the deadliest year on record — by October, the death toll had already surpassed the 1,765 fatalities recorded in 2020.
The latest numbers mean that last year about six people were dying daily. But the numbers spiked in the last two months of the year.
In November
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