The latest data from the King County Medical Examiner’s Office shows the number of people dying in the county from drug overdoses continues to skyrocket.

According to the examiner's office's fatal overdose dashboard, there have been 987 confirmed drug overdoses or alcohol poisoning deaths in the county so far this year. There were 1,001 drug and alcohol poisoning deaths in King County in 2022, according to the data.

A major diver in the spike of reported overdose deaths in the country is fentanyl. Six overdose deaths involving fentanyl were reported in King County on Wednesday alone.
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