CLEVELAND, Ohio – Five people have died in the city of Cleveland in the past 24 hours due to opiate-related incidents, Cleveland police said Sunday.
First responders attended to 20 overdose victims Saturday, including the five who died, Cleveland police spokesman Det. Reginald Lanton said. On Friday, one person died as a result of an opiate overdose.
No information about the six dead victims – including ages, race or genders – have been released. It’s also unclear where or when the fatal overdoses happened.
Neither Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office spokesman Christopher Harris nor Lanton immediately responded to messages seeking additional information about the overdose deaths.
More than 500 people died in Cuyahoga County in 2016 due to drug overdoses, with the overwhelming majority linked to opioids.
This post will be updated if further information about the opiate death spike is released Sunday.
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