Darien Continues To See Low Virus Rate Hikes: County

Darien IL

21 March, 2021

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DARIEN, IL — Darien saw a 1.1 percent increase last week in the total number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic's beginning, according to the DuPage County Health Department. As of Sunday, Darien had a total of 1,537 coronavirus cases, up 17 from a week before. (Those who check the department's website will see a larger increase in the last week. That is because the agency last week started tabulating "probable" cases in addition to "confirmed" cases. Patch is sticking with the "confirmed cases" number, which the department has tracked since the start of the crisis.) The city's number of local coronavirus deaths has remained the same for months, totaling 18. That works out to less than a thousandth of Darien's population. The number of those who have recovered is unavailable. Here's a look at the number of accumulated cases since the beginning of the crisis: DateDarienDuPageApril 115379April 12401,165April 19471,693April 26602,447May 3803,663May 10834,615May 17945,892May 241077,063May 311137,717June 71168,120June 141258,434June 211318,684June 281408,944July 51429,315July 121479,721July 1915510,185July 2617010,880Aug. 218411,458Aug. 919812,229Aug. 1621612,880Aug. 2322913,765Aug. 3025214,459Sept. 626415,296Sept. 1328015,997Sept. 2029816,559Sept. 2731717,435Oct. 432518,174Oct. 1135419,269Oct. 1838520,715Oct. 2541322,339Nov. 144724,042Nov. 852828,230Nov. 1565333,336Nov. 2276138,418Nov. 2985743,445Dec. 695748,257Dec. 131,05252,966Dec. 201,09555,532Dec. 271,14357,741Jan. 31,22960,630Jan. 101,28462,987Jan. 171,33165,248Jan. 241,38367,124Jan. 311,42168,619Feb. 71,44169,541Feb. 141,46670,450Feb. 211,48471,191Feb. 281,50371,873March 71,50672,685March 141,52073,389March 211,53774,246 Darien's rate of increase in coronavirus cases of 1.1 percent was lower than DuPage County's 1.2 percent hike in the last week. Darien makes up 2.3 percent of the county's population, but only 2.1 percent of the county's coronavirus caseload. As of Sunday, Darien had 71 coronavirus cases per thousand people, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 72.5 in La Grange Park, 76.2 in Western Springs, 79.4 in Hinsdale, 80.5 in DuPage County, 82.7 in Elmhurst, 87.1 in Clarendon Hills, 88.9 in suburban Cook County, 93.4 in Burr Ridge and 100 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands). As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,220,432, up 1.1 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 21,059 state residents. Nationally, 29.5 million people have caught the virus, up 1.3 percent from the week before. A total of 538,261 people have died from the virus in the United States. Read more: 'Moyer Must Go,' Elmhurst Parents Chant Don't miss updates in Darien as they are announced — Sign up for Patch news alerts and newsletters.