"The desperation is revealed in startling new statistics. According to the Associated Press, a total of 621 people have died of drug overdoses this year in San Francisco, compared to 173 deaths in the city from COVID-19. The number of San Francisco drug overdose deaths is up from 441 in 2019. California has enacted some of the strictest public health orders in the country this year, and is still seeing its cases rise."
https://fee.org/articles/san-francisco-sees-more-overdose-deaths-than-covid-deaths-in-2020/
https://fee.org/articles/san-francisco-sees-more-overdose-deaths-than-covid-deaths-in-2020/