The US FBI reports that despite the lockdown, 2020 set a 24-year record for the number of homicides, and the increase in this figure was 29% in 2020 - one of the highest in the last 90 years.
The annual number of murders was 6.5 per 100 thousand population. The indicator has grown by 45% since 2014.
At the same time, the US Ministry of Health reported that the number of deaths from an overdose in the United States continues to fly upward, the figure increased by 30% over the year and reached 100 thousand.
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