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    LA County homeless deaths surged 56% in pandemic’s first year, with overdoses largely to blame

    by Christian Martinez and Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times Apr 22, 2022 3 minutes
    A homeless encampment encroaches on the sidewalk at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Alvarado Street in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on July 1, 2021.

    LOS ANGELES — Deaths of homeless people in Los Angeles County soared by 56% in the year after the start of the pandemic, driven primarily by an increase in overdoses, according to a study published this month.

    Between April 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021, 1,988 deaths of people experiencing homelessness were reported, up from 1,271 in the 12 months prior, pre-pandemic, according to the Department of Public Health study.

    The numbers in L.A. County mirror figures recorded in

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