The number of fatal overdoses in Portland this year has already surpassed the total reached in 2021.

Interim Police Chief Heath Gorham announced the release of new data Tuesday. He said police in the city have responded to 28 fatal overdoses so far this year, compared to the year-end total last year of 23 fatal overdoses.

Gorham says it’s clear the opioid epidemic is not slowing down, and that the city is on track to surpass the record of 436 overdoses in 2017.

There have been a total 238 overdoses, including non-fatal ones, since January, with officers using Narcan in 41 of those incidents.