Allegany County recorded 20 opioid-related overdose deaths in the first six months of this year, a 53.8 per cent increase, according to the Maryland Department of Health. Regional Western Maryland saw a 48.1 per cent increase, with 80 deaths in the first half of the year. Comparing it to the same period last year, 13 Allegany County residents died of overdoses, with two in Garrett County, and 39 in Washington County. Over this past weekend, first responders handled nearly a dozen suspected drug overdose calls.