There's been another rise in the number of overdose deaths and related emergency calls in Waterloo Region.
Data current to July 18 shows a total of 35 suspected opioid-related overdose deaths so far this year.
That's six more since the last update was released almost a month ago on June 22.
There have also been a total of 777 overdose-related emergency calls so far this year as of July 23, which is an increase of 151 since June 11. Naloxone has been used 116 times.
Last year was record-breaking for overdose calls with more than 1,500 recorded, and naloxone administrations reached an all-time high of 207.
