Darien's Rate Of Increase In Virus Cases Stabilizes: County

Darien IL

27 December, 2020

6:26 PM

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DARIEN, IL — Darien saw an increase in new coronavirus cases in the last week that was similar to the week before, according to the DuPage County Health Department. As of Sunday, Darien had seen 1,143 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up by 48 in the last week, a 4.4 percent increase. That is slightly higher than the previous week's 4.1 percent. The number of local deaths from the coronavirus increased by one in the last week, now totaling 14. 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. 131,05252,966Dec. 201,09555,532Dec. 271,14357,741 Darien's rate of increase in coronavirus cases of 4.4 percent was higher than DuPage County's 4 percent 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 52.8 coronavirus cases per thousand people, better than most of its neighbors. The figure compares to 49.6 in La Grange Park, 55.3 in Western Springs, 55.5 in Hinsdale, 60.3 Clarendon Hills, 62.6 in DuPage County, 63.4 in Elmhurst, 68.6 in Burr Ridge, 68.9 in suburban Cook County, and 75.9 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands). As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 937,909, up 4.2 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 15,969 state residents. Nationally, 18.9 million people have caught the virus, up 7.5 percent from the week before. A total of 390,901 people have died from the virus in the United States. Read more: IL Reports 96 COVID-19 Deaths On Christmas Eve, 7,037 New Cases Don't miss updates in Darien as they are announced — Sign up for Patch news alerts and newsletters.