Homeless deaths spiked during pandemic, not from COVID. From drugs.

'The world doesn’t care': Homeless deaths spiked during pandemic, not from COVID. From drugs. Homeless deaths are spiking. Fentanyl, a potent opioid that fueled a record number of overdoses in the U.S. last year, is a likely culprit. YahooNews

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In Los Angeles County, nearly 2,000 homeless people died during the first year of the pandemic in 2020, an increase of 56% from 2019. Of those, 715 were from drug overdoses. 

LA was not alone. Those experiencing homelessness have been dying in greater numbers across the nation throughout the pandemic, reaching new highs in several U.S. cities, according to a USA TODAY review of data in 10 U.S. cities and counties with some of the highest numbers of homeless people.  And drugs, not the virus, are largely to blame, the data shows...