Burr Ridge Mayor Says Stats Show Virus Being Contained

BURR RIDGE, IL — Burr Ridge's mayor noted late last week that Illinois has reported a slight increase in net new coronavirus cases over the last few days, but he said that is the result of ever-expanding testing capacity.

In his regular statement on the coronavirus Friday, Mayor Gary Grasso said Illinois had the highest and second highest numbers of single-day tests Thursday and Friday, which is allowing more people to become aware they are infected and can self-isolate.

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The statewide daily positivity rate in virus testing, Grasso said, has not reached 3 percent statewide since June 16, while the state's northeast region has stayed about 5 percent. Those are strong indicators that Illinois is containing the virus, he said.

"This is not so elsewhere, where in Texas, the governor closed bars and in Florida, alcohol sales were prohibited," the mayor said in his statement.

As of Sunday, coronavirus cases in Burr Ridge numbered 98, up from 93 a week earlier.

As of Sunday, Burr Ridge had 9.1 coronavirus cases per thousand people. That compares to 3.7 in Western Springs, 5.7 in Clarendon Hills, 6.3 in Elmhurst and La Grange Park, 6.5 in Darien, 9.7 in DuPage County, 10.7 in Hinsdale, 12.9 in La Grange and 14.3 in suburban Cook County.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 141,723, up 4 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 6,888 state residents.

Nationally, 2.5 million people have caught the virus and 125,484 have died from it.