San Francisco ended its four-month streak of declining deadly drug overdoses in July, entering August with seven fewer fatalities than the total at the same point last year, according to city data published Tuesday.

The City recorded 51 such deaths last month, up about 12% from a revised tally of 45 in June. In all, at least 412 people have died of drug overdoses in San Francisco through the first seven months of 2025. At this point in 2024, 419 people had died.

San Francisco is still on pace to have less fatal drug overdoses than it did in 2024 (635), when tallied fewer than any year since the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner started publishing monthly updates in 2020 amid the yearslong opioid crisis.

As first-year Mayor Daniel Lurie’s administration continues to emphasize eliminat

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