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A government statement says the number of unregulated drug deaths in July and August amounted to almost five people a day. 

The coroners service says the highest number of deaths so far this year were in the Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health authorities, making up more than half of the province's total.

More than two thirds of this year's deaths have been people between the ages of 30 and 59, and 78 per cent of the deaths were men.

The service says Fentanyl and its analogues remain the most common substance found in testing, being detected in 70 per cent of those who died during the period.  

This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published Oct. 9, 2025.