The BC Coroners Service is unveiling the July illicit drug death totals this morning (Tuesday).
Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe will be joined by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, Joe Deakin with BC Emergency Health Services along with Guy Felicella who’s an advisory with the BC Centre on Substance Use and Overdose Emergency Response Centre.
Last month, the Coroners Service reported its highest death toll for the second straight month with 175 in June, surpassing the previous mark of 171 in May.
There have been 728 illicit drug deaths in BC this year, including 16 in Prince George.
Northern Health has the second-highest rate of illicit drug deaths in the province at 32 per 100,000 trailing only Vancouver Coastal.
According to BC Emergency Health Services, paramedics respond to about 2-thousand overdose calls per month.
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