"A total of 497 people, or more than five a day, died of confirmed or suspected opioid overdoses in Massachusetts during the first three months of 2019, according to the Department of Public Health.

Figures the department released Thursday also showed a 4 percent decline in the opioid overdose death rate from the 2,100 recorded in 2016 to the 2,033 recorded in 2018." 

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/05/15/opioid-overdoses-massachusetts-first-quarter-deaths/