May Overdose Deaths In BC

The BC Coroners Service says illicit drug deaths in British Columbia continued to account for an average of more than four deaths each day in the month of May.

It says a total of 129 people died as a result of illicit drug use during the month of May, down only a little from the April figure of 136.

The proportion of those deaths in which fentanyl was detected continues to climb.

That was the case in 72 per cent of the deaths over the first four months of the year.