Elmhurst's Virus Rate Stays Low: County

Elmhurst IL

14 June, 2021

8:30 AM

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ELMHURST, IL — Elmhurst saw another low rate of increase in new coronavirus cases in the last week, according to the DuPage County Health Department. As of Sunday, the city had 4,404 cases, an increase of 10 cases from the week before, or a 0.2 percent hike. The previous week also saw an increase of 0.2 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 68. 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, 20214,36683,734May 30, 20214,38684,098June 6, 20214,39484,343June 13, 20214,40485,534 Elmhurst's rate of increase of 0.2 percent was lower than DuPage County's hike of 1.4 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 94.2 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 81.5 in Darien, 88.2 in La Grange Park, 91.6 in DuPage County, 93.5 in Hinsdale, 98.8 in Western Springs, 99.9 in Clarendon Hills, 102 in suburban Cook County, 104.2 in Burr Ridge and 120.8 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands). As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,387,297, up 0.1 percent from a week earlier, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 23,050. Nationally, 33.3 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, up 0.3 percent from the week before, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 596,971 people have died from the virus in the United States. Read more: Pritzker Administration Keeps Trying To Kill Coronavirus Test Co. — Don't miss updates in Elmhurst as they are announced — Sign up for Patch news alerts and newsletters.