A Milestone For Western Springs During Pandemic

Western Springs IL

27 June, 2021

11:40 AM

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WESTERN SPRINGS, IL — Western Springs saw no new cases of the coronavirus in the last week, according to the Cook County Public Health Department. That has not been the case since June 2020. As of Sunday, the village had a total of 1,321 coronavirus cases. The number of Western Springs' virus-related deaths stayed the same in the last week, at six. The latest deaths were reported May 31, May 11 and Nov. 21, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. That's a mortality rate of less than 1 percent. All the local deaths have been those who were 53 or older, according to the county medical examiner. Here is how Western Springs' coronavirus cases have accumulated since the pandemic's beginning: DateWestern SpringsSuburban CookApril 12, 2020125,512April 19, 2020147,893April 26, 20201611,688May 3, 20201916,356May 10, 20202420,154May 17, 20203323,839May 24, 20203927,573May 31, 20204230,149June 7, 20204431,894June 14, 20204433,057June 27, 20204734,087June 28, 20205035,137July 5, 20206336,242July 12, 20208337,414July 19, 202010238,746July 26, 202011640,439Aug. 3, 202012741,965Aug. 10, 202013143,627Aug. 16, 202014345,797Aug. 23, 202015448,111Aug. 30, 202016950,199Sept. 6, 202019052,973Sept. 13, 202020355,027Sept. 20, 202021856,808Sept. 27, 202023358,868Oct. 4, 202024361,099Oct. 11, 202026163,990Oct. 18, 202027167,825Oct. 25, 202028172,167Nov. 1, 202029776,070Nov. 8, 202034185,935Nov. 15, 2020430101,257Nov. 22, 2020486113,718Nov. 29, 2020550126,550Dec. 6, 2020625139,697Dec. 13, 2020672151,761Dec. 20, 2020709161,592Dec. 27, 2020739169,188Jan. 3, 2021763175,510Jan. 10, 2021812184,374Jan. 17, 2021846191,400Jan. 24, 2021881197,474Jan. 31, 2021901201,944Feb. 7, 2021917205,149Feb. 14, 2021934207,433Feb. 21, 2021950210,516Feb. 28, 2021957212,428March 7, 2021977214,356March 14, 2021993216,335March 21, 20211,018218,512March 28, 20211,045221,233April 4, 20211,072224,708April 11, 20211,106228,663April 18, 20211,144232,883April 25, 20211,177236,648May 2, 20211,190240,085May 9, 20211,200243,156May 16, 20211,227245,489May 23, 20211,261247,632May 30, 20211,302249,317June 6, 20211,319250,204June 13, 20211,320250,572June 20, 20211,321250,813June 27, 20211,321251,018 As of Sunday, Western Springs had 98.9 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 81.7 in Darien, 88.2 in La Grange Park, 91.7 in DuPage County, 93.7 in Hinsdale, 94.5 in Elmhurst, 100.2 in Clarendon Hills, 102.2 in suburban Cook County, 104.4 in Burr Ridge and 121 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands). As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,390,432, up 0.1 percent from a week earlier, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 23,199. 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 601,221 people have died from the virus in the United States. Read More: A First For Elmhurst Hospital During Pandemic Don't miss updates in Western Springs as they are announced — Sign up for Patch news alerts and newsletters.