The total number of opioid deaths in 2022 currently stands at 1,346.
For comparison, in November 2021, there were 173 opioid deaths.
November 2020 recorded 114.
November 2019 recorded 43.
In Edmonton, 46 drug poisoning deaths occurred in November, and 45 were opioid-related. This is down from 55 opioid deaths recorded in October.
November 2021 saw 68 deaths while November 2019 recorded 41 deaths. #yeg
In Calgary, 39 drug poisoning deaths occurred in November, and 38 were opioid-related. This is down slightly from the 42 opioid deaths recorded in October.
November 2021 saw 57 opioid fatalities, while November 2020 recorded 40. #yyc
Working backwards for this thread.
In October, 127 drug poisonings occurred in Alberta, 121 were opioid-related.
September recorded 116 drug poisonings, 110 were opioid-related.
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In Part 1, I spoke with four families in the Edmonton area who all lost a loved one to an overdose between 2015-2021.
I can’t stress enough how thankful I am to the families who were willing to sit down and share what was one of the worst moments of their lives for this piece.
Alberta's substance use surveillance data has been updated to include the month of August. Another 118 Albertans have died from an accidental drug poisoning, of those, 115 specifically from an opioid.
This brings the total number of drug poisoning deaths in Alberta between January to August to 1,026. (937 of these are specifically from an opioid poisoning).
It also appears 1 death was added in Feb, 2 in June, and 7 in July.
In about five minutes, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange will provide an update on additional steps being taken to support students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
LaGrange will be joined by Lorrie Jess, president of the Alberta School Boards Association and Wilco Tymensen, president of the College of Alberta School Superintendents.
LaGrange says in May, it was announced $45-million would be available for school authorities to address learning distractions, caused by the pandemic. She says today, government will distribute its funding at a rate of $490 per student for literacy or numeracy support
Tuning in to today's #COVID19AB with Dr. Deena Hinshaw.
She says 442 new cases of COVID-19 were reported over the last 24 hours and 12 new deaths.
Hinshaw stresses Albertans should get vaccinated to prevent severe outcomes. Since launching the exemptions program, vaccinations have increased significantly. She says more than 505,000 first and second doses have been administered in the last six weeks.
She says one dose of vaccine offers 57% protection against the Delta variant that is currently circulating, while with two doses the protection jumps to 89%