MILDURA has recorded one of the regional Victoria's lowest annual number of drug overdose deaths in the past decade despite figures across the state at near record highs.

According to data released this week by the Coroners' Court of Victoria, Mildura had three overdose deaths in 2023 with only 2021 with one death lower in the past 10 years.

Victoria had 547 deaths attributed to overdoses in 202...