La Grange Virus Rate Ticks Up Slightly

La Grange IL

19 July, 2021

4:42 PM

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LA GRANGE, IL — La Grange's coronavirus rate increased slightly in the last week, with nine new cases, according to the Cook County Public Health Department. As of Sunday, La Grange, including La Grange Highlands, had seen 2,331 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic. According to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, the local number of recorded coronavirus-related deaths stayed the same in the last week, at 34. The four latest deaths were May 24, May 22, May 14 and Feb. 13. All the local deaths have been those who were 61 or older, according to the medical examiner. The mortality rate among La Grange cases is 1.5 percent. About a tenth of 1 percent of the local population has died from the virus. Here is a look at the growth in coronavirus numbers in La Grange, including La Grange Highlands: DateLa GrangeSuburban CookApril 12, 2020275,512April 19, 2020497,893April 26, 20206811,688May 3, 202010016,356May 10, 202012220,154May 17, 202014523,839May 24, 202016127,573May 31, 202017530,149June 7, 202018231,894June 14, 202018633,057June 21, 202019134,087June 28, 202019735,137July 5, 202020736,242July 12, 202022637,414July 19, 202025338,746July 26, 202027240,439Aug. 2, 202029641,965Aug. 9, 202030943,627Aug. 16, 202033645,797Aug. 23, 202035348,111Aug. 30, 202038050,119Sept. 6, 202041652,973Sept. 13, 202043455,027Sept. 20, 202045556,808Sept. 27, 202047058,868Oct. 4, 202048761,099Oct. 11, 202050763,990Oct. 18, 202052667,825Oct. 25, 202055472,167Nov. 1, 202057776,070Nov. 8, 202066285,935Nov. 15, 2020831101,257Nov. 22, 2020963113,718Nov. 29, 20201,063126,550Dec. 6, 20201,198139,697Dec. 13, 20201,297151,761Dec. 20, 20201,397161,592Dec. 27, 20201,450169,188Jan. 3, 20211,500175,510Jan. 10, 20211,596184,374Jan. 17, 20211,670191,400Jan. 24, 20211,712194,474Jan. 31, 20211,744201,944Feb. 7, 20211,761205,149Feb. 14, 20211,796207,433Feb. 21, 20211,819210,516Feb. 28, 20211,845212,428March 7, 20211,865214,356March 14, 20211,882216,335March 21, 20211,912218,512March 28, 20211,965221,233April 4, 20212,009224,708April 11, 20212,056228,663April 18, 20212,098232,883April 25, 20212,132236,648May 2, 20212,165240,085May 9, 20212,201243,156May 16, 20212,220245,489May 23, 20212,253247,632May 30, 20212,289249,317June 6, 20212,309250,204June 13, 20212,309250,572June 20, 20212,310250,813June 27, 20212,313251,018July 4, 20212,317251,232July 11, 20212,322251,486July 18, 20212,331252,288 As of Sunday, La Grange, including unincorporated La Grange Highlands, had 122 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, the worst among its surveyed neighbors. The figure compares to 82.1 in Darien, 88.6 in La Grange Park, 92.1 in DuPage County, 93.7 in Hinsdale, 95 in Elmhurst, 99.3 in Western Springs, 100.4 in Clarendon Hills, 102.7 in suburban Cook County and 105.5 in Burr Ridge. As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,402,763, up 0.1 percent from a week earlier, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 23,377. Nationally, 33.9 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, up 0.1 percent from the week before, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 606,618 people have died from the virus in the United States.