Six More Fentanyl-Related Overdoses Reported In Sacramento
The number of deaths has remained at 10, but the total number of overdoses has climbed to 48. The first patients began showing up in hospitals on March 23.
The Sacramento Bee:
Sacramento County Fentanyl Overdoses Now At 48
The number of overdoses linked to the potent painkiller fentanyl has grown by six over the past two days to 48, nearly two weeks after the first reports of such overdoses began popping up in the Sacramento region, the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services reported Wednesday. No additional deaths have been reported, leaving the region’s fentanyl-linked death toll at 10. (Buck, 4/6)