More Illinoisans died of opioid overdoses in May than any other month since as least January 2018, according to a new report from the state Department of Public Health.

Illinois recorded more than 250 opioid overdose deaths in April, followed by 269 in May, making it the deadliest two-month period on record since 2018. Since then, the previous monthly record for opioid overdose deaths was set in Dec. 2019, when nearly 250 Illinoisans died.