Burr Ridge Virus Caseload Barely Budges

BURR RIDGE, IL — Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso said Friday the village has seen only a handful of new coronavirus cases in the two weeks since the state entered Phase 3 of its reopening plan. He noted statewide numbers showing a better situation.

"On every level, we have not only flattened the curve, we have considerably bent it downwards," Grasso said in his daily bulletin on the coronavirus. "Daily death counts continue to trend downwards, but this stat must continue to decrease."

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Village Hall reopened Monday with safety precautions. A glass partition was to be installed at the front counter for visitor and staff safety. Visitors are asked to wear face coverings. On July 13, the Village Board is set to meet in person for the first time since March. Plexiglass barriers will be between the trustees, and members of the public will be distanced, Grasso said.

In Burr Ridge, the number of coronavirus cases was reported at 92 Sunday, up from 90 a week earlier.

As of Sunday, Burr Ridge had 8.6 coronavirus cases per thousand people. That compares to 3.3 in Western Springs, 5.4 in Clarendon Hills, 5.6 in Elmhurst, 5.8 in Darien, 5.9 in La Grange Park, 9.1 in DuPage County, 10.3 in Hinsdale, 12.1 in La Grange and 13.5 in suburban Cook County.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 132,543, up 4 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 6,308 state residents.

Nationally, 2.2 million people have caught the virus and 117,859 have died from it.