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Increase of overdoses recorded in Windsor-Essex

There's been an increase in drug overdoses reported in Windsor and Essex County over the last week.

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit's Opioid and Substance Use Notification System issued an alert Tuesday.

There were 15 opioid overdoses reported by local hospitals between June 26 and July 2.

The WECHU, Windsor Regional Hospital, Essex Windsor-EMS, Erie Shores Healthcare, and police services, continue to monitor this increase and are working to understand more about these reported cases.

The health unit releases these notifications in an effort to find any linkages between these cases or other causes for these increases.

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