83 More Virus Cases in Elmhurst: County

Elmhurst IL

04 April, 2021

2:31 PM

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ELMHURST, IL — Elmhurst saw an increase in its rate of new coronavirus cases in the last week, according to the DuPage County Health Department. As of Sunday, the city experienced 83 new cases in the last week, or a 2.1 percent hike. The increase was 1.4 percent the week before. The case total since the pandemic's beginning is 4,002. The number of those who have recovered is unavailable. As of Sunday, the number of coronavirus-related deaths in Elmhurst increased by one in the last week, to 61. The mortality rate among those locally with the coronavirus is 1.5 percent. Here is how Elmhurst's coronavirus cases have grown over time: DateElmhurstDuPageApril 1, 202019379April 12, 2020541,165April 19, 2020841,693April 26, 20201182,447May 3, 20201423,663May 10, 20201624,615May 17, 20201935,892May 24, 20202177,063May 31, 20202297,717June 7, 20202428,120June 14, 20202608,434June 21, 20202718,694June 28, 20202958,944July 5, 20203489,315July 12, 20204029,721July 19, 202045110,185July 26, 202049610,880Aug. 2, 202052511,458Aug. 9, 202056612,229Aug. 16, 202058212,880Aug. 23, 202062113,765Aug. 30, 202065714,459Sept. 6, 202071715,296Sept. 13, 202075315,997Sept. 20, 202079916,550Sept. 27, 202088017,435Oct. 4, 202095418,174Oct. 11, 20201,02419,269Oct. 18, 20201,09920,715Oct. 25, 20201,16822,339Nov. 1, 20201,23524,042Nov. 8, 20201,42228,230Nov. 15, 20201,66933,336Nov. 22, 20201,94338,418Nov. 29, 20202,19143,445Dec. 6, 20202,43548,257Dec. 13, 20202,67452,966Dec. 20, 20202,79455,532Dec. 27, 20202,96557,741Jan. 3, 20213,09560,630Jan. 10, 20213,26962,987Jan. 17, 20213,37265,248Jan. 24, 20213,46167,124Jan. 31, 20213,53168,619Feb. 7, 20213,58269,541Feb. 14, 20213,61170,450Feb. 21, 20213,65571,191Feb. 28, 20213,69471,873March 7, 20213,73572,865March 14, 20213,77473,389March 21, 20213,86574,246March 28, 20213,91975,073April 4, 20214,00276,388 Elmhurst's rate of increase of 2.1 percent was higher than DuPage County's hike of 1.8 percent in the last week. Elmhurst makes up 5.2 percent of the county's population and 5.2 percent of the county's coronavirus caseload. As of Sunday, Elmhurst had 85.6 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 72.8 in Darien, 76.7 in La Grange Park, 80.2 in Western Springs, 82.9 in DuPage County, 83.7 in Hinsdale, 90.8 in Clarendon Hills, 91.5 in suburban Cook County, 95.9 in Burr Ridge and 105.1 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands). As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,254,185, up 1.8 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 21,361 state residents. Nationally, 30.4 million people have caught the virus, up 1.7 percent from the week before. A total of 552,829 people have died from the virus in the United States. Read more: Indoor Dining Ban, Virus Restrictions Could Return To Cook County — Don't miss updates in Elmhurst as they are announced — Sign up for Patch news alerts and newsletters.