Darien Virus Cases Up 10% In Last Week: County

Hinsdale IL

13 December, 2020

6:17 PM

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DARIEN, IL — For the second week in a row, Darien saw a 10 percent increase in its coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the DuPage County Health Department. As of Sunday, Darien had seen 1,052 cases. That works out to 4.4 percent of Darien's population. The number of local deaths from the coronavirus increased by two from the previous week, totaling 14. That's up by five in the last two weeks. That works out to less than a thousandth of a percent 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 crisis: DateDarienDuPageApril 115379April 12401,165April 19471,693April 26602,447May 3803,663May 10834,615May 17945,892May 241077,063May 311137,717June 71168,120June 141258,434June 211318,684June 281408,944July 51429,315July 121479,721July 1915510,185July 2617010,880Aug. 218411,458Aug. 919812,229Aug. 1621612,880Aug. 2322913,765Aug. 3025214,459Sept. 626415,296Sept. 1328015,997Sept. 2029816,559Sept. 2731717,435Oct. 432518,174Oct. 1135419,269Oct. 1838520,715Oct. 2541322,339Nov. 144724,042Nov. 852828,230Nov. 1565333,336Nov. 2276138,418Nov. 2985743,445Dec. 695748,257Dec. 131,05252,966 Darien's rate of increase of 10 percent was the same as DuPage County's hike in the last week. Darien makes up 2.3 percent of the county's population, but only 2 percent of the county's coronavirus caseload. As of Sunday, Darien had 48.6 coronavirus cases per thousand people, better than most of its neighbors. The figure compares to 43.7 in La Grange Park, 50.1 in Hinsdale, 50.3 in Western Springs, 56.3 in Clarendon Hills, 57.2 in Elmhurst, 57.4 in DuPage County, 61.8 in suburban Cook County, 62.5 in Burr Ridge and 67.9 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands). As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 848,904, up 7.8 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 14,291 state residents. Nationally, 15.9 million people have caught the virus, up 10 percent from the week before. A total of 296,818 people have died from the virus in the United States. Read more: IL Reports 9,420 New Coronavirus Cases Friday, 190 More Deaths Don't miss updates in Darien as they are announced — Sign up for Patch news alerts and newsletters.