Elmhurst Sees Lowest Virus Rate Hike Since Pandemic's Start

Elmhurst IL

24 May, 2021

7:30 AM

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ELMHURST, IL — Elmhurst experienced the lower percentage increase in coronavirus cases last week since the beginning of the pandemic, according to DuPage County Health Department numbers. As of Sunday, the city had 4,366 cases, an increase of 20 cases from the week before, or a 0.5 percent hike. The previous week, it was 0.7 percent. The number of those who have recovered is unavailable. As of Sunday, the number of coronavirus-related deaths in Elmhurst stayed the same in the last week, at 67. 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, 20214,00276,388April 11, 20214,10178,179April 18, 20214,17479,422April 25, 20214,22780,664May 2, 20214,27481,708May 9, 20214,31782,551May 16, 20214,34683,133May 23, 20214,36683,734 Elmhurst's rate of increase of 0.5 percent was lower than DuPage County's hike of 0.7 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 93.4 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 80.7 in Darien, 85.3 in La Grange Park, 90.1 in DuPage County, 92.4 in Hinsdale, 94.4 in Western Springs, 99.1 in Clarendon Hills, 100.8 in suburban Cook County, 103.7 in Burr Ridge and 117.9 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands). As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,375,808, up 0.9 percent from a week earlier. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 22,623. Nationally, 32.9 million people have caught the virus, up 0.7 percent from the week before. A total of 586,535 people have died from the virus in the United States. Read more: Over 45% Of DuPage County Residents Fully Vaccinated For COVID-19 — Don't miss updates in Elmhurst as they are announced — Sign up for Patch news alerts and newsletters.