Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues to apprehend fentanyl and other lethal drugs coming across the southern border as seen over Thanksgiving weekend in El Paso. As FY 2022 comes to a close, data shows a record number of illegal immigrant encounters, record death toll for migrants and over 414 million lethal doses of fentanyl attempted to be smuggled into the U.S. in September. Dr. Fermin Leguen, district health officer for the Southern Nevada Health District, reported fentanyl overdoses "continue to take a toll on the community."
Nevada's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending Nov. 12, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.