Fentanyl-related deaths saw a five-year low in Orange County, authorities said Thursday.
There were 407 fentanyl-related deaths in the county last year, down from 613 in 2023. Sheriff’s officials say the trend is continuing this year so far.
According to the Orange County Health Care Agency, there were 20 fentany-related deaths in the county in 2015, 37 in 2016, 56 in 2017, 107 in 2018, 147 in 2019, 433 in 2020, 717 in 2021, 676 in 2022, 613 in 2023 and 407 last year…