The Texas County coroner answered 28 calls in October.

There were 24 natural deaths, including six deaths due to respiratory failure, senile degeneration of the brain (5), heart disease/heart attack (4), stroke (2), one each cancer, sepsis, Covid-19, renal failure, liver failure, aorta rupture and cerebral palsy.
There were three accidental deaths; two due to motor vehicle accident and one due to a fall.
There was one offender death at South Central Correctional Center at Licking due to fentanyl toxicity.