Another Big Hike In Darien's Virus Cases: County

Darien IL

19 December, 2021

12:23 PM

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DARIEN, IL — Darien last week saw its highest level of new coronavirus cases since the first days of 2021, according to the DuPage County Health Department. As of Sunday, Darien had seen 2,348 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up 72 in the last week. The week before last, the city experienced 59 new cases. These latest numbers are the highest in nearly a year. In early January, the city saw a weekly total of 86 new cases. The city's number of coronavirus deaths increased by one in the last week, to 29. The deaths work out to about a thousandth of Darien's population. The number of those who have recovered is unavailable. Here's a look at the number of accumulated cases since the beginning of the pandemic: DateDarienDuPageApril 1, 202015379April 12, 2020401,165April 19, 2020471,693April 26, 2020602,447May 3, 2020803,663May 10, 2020834,615May 17, 2020945,892May 24, 20201077,063May 31, 20201137,717June 7, 20201168,120June 14, 20201258,434June 21, 20201318,684June 28, 20201408,944July 5, 20201429,315July 12, 20201479,721July 19, 202015510,185July 26, 202017010,880Aug. 2, 202018411,458Aug. 9, 202019812,229Aug. 16, 202021612,880Aug. 23, 202022913,765Aug. 30, 202025214,459Sept. 6, 202026415,296Sept. 13, 202028015,997Sept. 20, 202029816,559Sept. 27, 202031717,435Oct. 4, 202032518,174Oct. 11, 202035419,269Oct. 18, 202038520,715Oct. 25, 202041322,339Nov. 1, 202044724,042Nov. 8, 202052828,230Nov. 15, 202065333,336Nov. 22, 202076138,418Nov. 29, 202085743,445Dec. 6, 202095748,257Dec. 13, 20201,05252,966Dec. 20, 20201,09555,532Dec. 27, 20201,14357,741Jan. 3, 20211,22960,630Jan. 10, 20211,28462,987Jan. 17, 20211,33165,248Jan. 24, 20211,38367,124Jan. 31, 20211,42168,619Feb. 7, 20211,44169,541Feb. 14, 20211,46670,450Feb. 21, 20211,48471,191Feb. 28, 20211,50371,873March 7, 20211,50672,685March 14, 20211,52073,389March 21, 20211,53774,246March 28, 20211,55275,073April 4, 20211,57576,388April 11, 20211,61578,179April 18, 20211,65179,422April 25, 20211,68280,664May 2, 20211,70981,708May 9, 20211,72482,551May 16, 20211,73683,133May 23, 20211,74583,734May 30, 20211,75384,098June 6, 20211,76284,343June 13, 20211,76384,534June 20, 20211,76684,600June 27, 20211,76884,676July 4, 20211,76884,757July 11, 20211,77084,829July 18, 20211,77684,985July 25, 20211,79185,340Aug. 1, 20211,80185,863Aug. 8, 20211,81186,625Aug. 15, 20211,83887,663Aug. 22, 20211,86688,734Aug. 29, 20211,88989,966Sept. 5, 20211,91191,418Sept. 12, 20211,93592,574Sept. 19, 20211,95193,623Sept. 26, 20211,96894,828Oct. 3, 20211,98895,719Oct. 10, 20212,00296,713Oct. 17, 20212,01897,618Oct. 24, 20212,03298,570Oct. 31, 20212,05599,444Nov. 7, 20212,076100,511Nov. 14, 20212,103101,786Nov. 21, 20212,137103,529Nov. 28, 20212,157104,724Dec. 5, 20212,217107,621Dec. 12, 20212,276110,270Dec. 19, 20212,348113,524 As of Sunday, Darien had 109 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 123 in DuPage County and Hinsdale, 127 in Elmhurst and La Grange Park, 134 in suburban Cook County, 135 in Clarendon Hills, 136 in La Grange and 140 in Western Springs. As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,944,056, a 3.2 percent increase from the previous week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 27,117. Nationally, 50.6 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, a 1.8 percent increase from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 802,969 people have died from the virus in the United States.