Generation Gap In Mask Wearing: Burr Ridge Mayor

BURR RIDGE, IL — Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso said in a statement last week that he sees age differences in who is wearing face masks.

"I have noticed older persons routinely wearing masks, even when social distancing, but too often see younger, 'invincible' people not wearing them," the mayor said in one of his regular statements on the coronavirus. "Mask For US — Mask For YOU!"

Village Hall, he said, has free masks available for any resident. If you need masks, call the village at 630-654-8181.

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As of Sunday, Burr Ridge saw a 12 percent increase in its coronavirus caseload from a week earlier, according to county health authorities. The cases number 182, up 20 from week before.

As of Sunday, Burr Ridge had 16.9 coronavirus cases per thousand people. The figure compares to 9.2 in Darien, 9.8 in Western Springs, 10.2 in La Grange Park, 12.1 in Elmhurst, 12.2 in Clarendon Hills, 13.2 in DuPage County, 15.6 in Hinsdale, 17.8 in suburban Cook County and 20.2 in La Grange.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 194,080, up 7 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 7,636 state residents.

Nationally, 5 million people have caught the virus, up 8 percent from the week before. A total of 161,284 people have died from the virus in the United States.