MILDURA has recorded the highest number of overdose deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new report from the Coroners Court of Victoria shows six people died as a result of overdose in Mildura last year compared to three people the previous year, seven people in 2022 and just one in 2021.

In 2020, Mildura had a decade-long high of overdose deaths at 10 with regional Victoria accounting for just...