SALISBURY – Wicomico’s health officer reports the county is seeing an uptick in overdose deaths.
Last week, Health Officer Lori Brewster presented the Wicomico County Council with an update on the health of the county.
While the health department continues to monitor COVID-19 statistics, Brewster said the agency is seeing an increase in overdose cases and deaths.
“This year, we are seeing a 25% increase in our overdose deaths, which is very concerning,” she told council members. “There are about five jurisdictions in the state that are seeing a decline in their overdose deaths, but that is for the first six months of the year. The rest of the state is seeing an increase again.”
Brewster noted the county health department reported 41 overdose deaths in 2019 and 47 overdose deaths in 2020. In the first six months of 2021, the agency reported 16 deaths, or a 25% increase from January to June of 2020.
This report must be wrong. Did the health department clear this with Jake Day? He said crime was down along with drug usage and who knows what else.
Good for them! Free country, go out however you wish! Noone forced them to be stupid.
wow something put down on paper for a death other than covid