New Burr Ridge Virus Cases Not In Nursing Homes: Mayor

BURR RIDGE, IL — Burr Ridge could say before that many of its coronavirus cases were in its nursing homes. No longer.

In his regular coronavirus statement Friday, Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso said the new cases locally are outside of nursing homes. The village, he said, has seen 32 new cases in 16 days.

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"We have had only 30 cases in our nursing homes, almost all of which occurred weeks ago now," Grasso said. "I appreciate that testing has greatly increased and that may be a partial comfort, and maybe those infected are experiencing less severity or no symptoms, but to me that is not as important as the sheer, dramatic increase we are recording in the Village of Burr Ridge."

Grasso also noted worrying trends.

"I continue to see more and more people shaking hands — stop it! I see masks covering mouths, but not the nose. I see masks that don't fit, sag or people simply not wearing masks at all. All wrong!" the mayor said.

As of Sunday, Burr Ridge had 147 coronavirus cases, up by 21 from a week before, according to county health authorities.

As of Sunday, Burr Ridge had 13.7 coronavirus cases per thousand people. The figure compares to 7.9 in Darien, 8.7 in Western Springs, 8.9 in La Grange Park, 10.4 in Clarendon Hills, 10.6 in Elmhurst, 11.8 in DuPage County, 13.4 in Hinsdale, 16.5 in suburban Cook County and 17.8 in La Grange.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 171,424, up 6 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 7,398 state residents.

Nationally, 4.2 million people have caught the virus and 145,982 have died from it.